Trip Journal

Made it Back to Colorado

Went to see Judy and Mike in Lincoln

Ate out at Perkins.

Didn’t realize that I had picked the restaurant

that my four sisters and I ate at in the early morning hours

after Mom had just passed away.

Now, sixteen years later.

Sixteen years?

How could that even be possible?

Do the math. 1999-2015. Sixteen years.

And then Dad died two months after that.

Now, we munched on eggs, bacon, pancakes

and enjoyed each other’s company.

Back at Judy’s we played Splendor

Promising this was the last game

then we’d go, about ten times.

We reserved a room in a motel

past Denver to make an easier trip the next day.

As we neared, it seemed to be getting farther away.

At last we arrived. A bed never felt that good.