Ken Satterlee
Born – 3/24/1938
Died – 4/7/2014
Bev Satterlee
Born – 2/12/1940
Died – 9/7/2014
Journal Entries
Has it been one year already?
Hey mom, Well a whole year has gone by since your passing. Today marks the last first we have to experience without you. A year without seeing you, hugging you or talking with you seems like an impossible task and…
One year later…
First Birthday, First Christmas, First Be Bald and Be Free Day, First Anniversary of my Father’s Passing; one round of firsts’ is complete. In 5 more months my second round will be done. Gosh it is hard to believe that…
When the music changes, so does the dance. – African proverb
It has been a while since I last wrote about my parents. While the intention was to keep writing, I found myself wanting to gain distance from the memories and thoughts about my parents. Thinking of them is still painful,…
One less Super Bowl viewer this year…
As early as I can remember, my father has watched football on television (as long as there was a station showing the game). To my knowledge he never saw a game in person, but that didn’t matter to him. He…
Just a guest in the folk’s home
Today I was talking with friends and was asked how things have been going. I mentioned that while everything has been pretty good, I still feel like a guest in my parent’s house. Thinking about it more, I realize that…
An angel looking toward the heavens
One of my favorite days in 2014 was the day this picture was taken. May 6 was a gorgeous day and the perfect day for a road trip. On mom’s bucket list was to visit the grave sites of her…
Dad was a good man
In previous posts I had been critical of my father and while I think there is still some merit to the issues I had with the man, I was being pretty unfair to him. I described by father a while…
Good-bye 2014
What a wild ride this year has been. Although my parent’s passing was an obvious low point, there were some really good times this year. Here is a list of some of the highlights from this year: I started this…
Twas the night before (a different) Christmas…
On this eve of Christmas, I thought I would talk about what Christmas has meant to me, what it means now and what I hope it will mean in the future. I will make another post after this one that…
