I have been rather busy of late. I had a nice chat with my brother-in-law in Toledo this past Friday. He and my sister sound like they are doing relatively well. The cat that swallowed a needle did indeed have to have surgery, but seems to be on the mend. They were worried that he wasn't eating, but my sister saw him eating just as my brother-in-law was calling, I think.
I had a very nice chat with my Mom on Monday, which was her birthday. Our running gag is that her birthday (April 30) is also the same day that Hitler committed suicide. My immediate family has a rather macabre sense of humor. It's also the birthday of the guy I was seeing a little over a year ago, and the anniversary of the day he met the guy he is currently with. Sigh, I really need to turn off the PDA implant in my brain sometimes. I actually tend to do "this happened on this date, which ties in with person X, who has been to location Z." Sometimes, it's useful. Sometimes, I worry about overwhelming folks.
Mom was doing fairly well. My stepfather had taken her out for dinner the past few nights, which was nice. We talked about all kinds of things. Even though we are from different faith traditions (she's Methodist, and I am ... well, look at the top of the page!), we still see fairly much eye to eye on most folks. She shared about a friend of hers who is rather anti-gay. The friend had a son who was gay and died of AIDS. The friend refused to accept him and it sounds like she might have been rather cold towards him when she found out he was gay. Mom and I both thought that if your religion doesn't make you a kinder person, there is probably something wrong.
"if your religion doesn't make you a kinder person, there is probably something wrong."
AMEN!