Monthly Archives: June 2012

MEMORIES OF THE WAY WE WERE

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Amy Getter

We will remember …scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind, Smiles we gave to one another…… the way we were  (The Way We Were, by Alan/Marilyn Bergman) Today Ivan, who is ninety, reminisces about his papa, because today is the anniversary of … Continue reading →

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THE HEART STEALERS

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Amy Getter

I ducked my head under a canopy of gnarled and overloaded candy-pink rhododendron branches as I came up the sagging steps to the front door and rang the bell.  I waited. After a bit, an elderly woman answered, breathless and slightly flustered from … Continue reading →

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WOLVES AND WOUNDS

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Amy Getter

This past week, not far from where I live, someone in a fit of rage killed a number of people he didn’t even know.  An enraged daughter called her mother’s physician because the hospice nurse (me) wouldn’t make her mother comply with a specific … Continue reading →

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