42

Forty-two years ago today.  42 years of life without you. Just 22 with you.  Why is it then that this is all fresh in my mind - all around me all the time:

• Your laugh
• Your smile
• Your eyes
• Your patience
• Bertha Kissacowassky
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon
• Peanut butter and Ritz
• Sleeping in your chair as you "watched" TV
• You coming upstairs to make us stop talking and go to sleep
• Our rides to work
• Toe jam
• Stretching your neck in the basement
• Harvard beets
• White tank/sleeveless undershirts to mow the lawn
• Poker
• Driving with one finger
• Sunday brunch
• Your peace with the death of family members
• Your pride in your kids
• Sleeping naked
• Your kindness, gentility, your love.