LIFE: There are very few advantages to having a house a foot and a half from Main Street. In fact, according to a recent survey we did, our porch is not even on our property. The porch does give us a reviewing stand for the Town of Hampden Memorial Day Parade — our big event. The parade always departs the Catholic church parking lot at 10 am and gets to our house by 10:20 or 10:30 at the latest. And before you know it, it’s over.
When we first moved to town in the late 80s Kathy loved the parade. She was really introverted to begin with, and I think in the last year or two she might have been embarrassed. She was afraid someone would talk to her and she would be unable to have a conversation. But today she was game to go out. She hasn’t been outside the house for nearly two months. I dressed her in a new house dress I got her and brought her down the lift and out on the old chair. She seemed to enjoy it. Sad that it might be the last of something too.