I found dozens of journals after mom died. So, so many of them only contain a handful of entries, but some of them cover entire years of her life.
These blog posts are entries from them.
I’m sitting in my car letting my cell phone charge. What makes this worthy of a journal entry is that my car is parked in the driveway of the House of Faith, St. Patrick’s Parish, Providence, RI. We did it! Jen and I drove up, our “funky road trip.” And, wow!, I had Fran in […]
Jen called from [redacted]’s parents’ cabin around 11:00 last night! Yea! I called to wish David good luck on starting his new job tomorrow, but [redacted] said he started today. Filled out vacation request. Still eating everything in sight. Kathleen A. Gagne
6:15 In a couple of hours, I have to start getting ready to go to Project Graduation at the O’Connell Center to recruit members for next year. It’s pretty daunting because I will most likely be doing it completely alone — unless one volunteer shows up. But, damnit (sp?), I’m going to do it! I’m […]
In less than an hour, it will be Friday which means Jen and [redacted] will be on the A Trail for only 3 1/2 more days. It seems like ages, but I guess I’m doing okay about the worrying. Maybe I’m beginning to have some trust — but that itself scares me. My coping mechanism […]
Jen is on the Trail somewhere between Mooney Gap and Fontana Dam. I really have no money for my bills, let alone to get to R.I., and we’re going. I have to come up with some money. And I need to figure out how to deal with Jen being gone for 5 or 6 months. […]
Jen and I drove to Sarasota yesterday to pick up David — He was Ryan and Melissa Tober’s best man. Then we drove to Daytona to see Mom & Dick and then back to Gainesville (Practicing for June!). I worry about David. He got really drunk the night of the wedding and was very sick. […]
Ok, so here I am at an Episcopal Retreat House in Oviedo, just down the road from UCF. It’s an Americorps PD quarterly meeting. Met some nice people. Mary, the state coordinator is still clueless about my skills, but others are figuring it out. I guess I don’t really need for them to know how […]
Jen moved in about a week ago — she is being incredibly wonderful, and I treasure every moment. She’s going to Alabama on the 23rd, then to Chicago and the App. Trail with [redacted]. Then, in July, she’s going to Chicago for six months. David will be in Florida in about 5 days and Jen […]
Jen is definitely moving in, but only for May and June. Then she plans to go to Chicago for six months and come back to work in January. Six months at a time in Gainesville with no one to love me. And no money. All those days off in the summer, and no one to […]
Sunday night (Easter), Mom fell on my doorstep and broke her left ankle. We spent hours in the emergency room before they finally admitted her. I spent most of Monday trying to find a place where she could get appropriate care. Finally, Tuesday night, Jen and I drove her to Port Orange, to Horizons where […]