Barbara J. Hamby

Validation

Every once in awhile, something happens, out of the blue, that is just so satisfying. This week, my son sent me an email with the phone number of a lady who had an autographed copy of my poetry book. She has had it for ten years or more, and finally got around to reading it. She is a retired music producer, a few years my junior and a real kick to talk to. She accused me of having the same quirky sense of humor she has and I think I’m guilty as charged. She had contacted my son, who first introduced her to me years ago, to see if I was still around so she could tell me she’d enjoyed my book.

We had a fun conversation and she sent me a couple of emails today. She included one of her poems that is cute and fun, and promised to send more later. I’m looking forward to that.

This afternoon I took a few surplus household items to my son, who had agreed they could use them and traded them for a bag of their ripe golden plums—the last of their huge crop from one tree. One branch was so heavily loaded it fell off the tree and they counted more than a hundred plums on it.

I had a nice visit with son and daughter-in-law, as well as their big dog, and I drove home in heavy traffic on I-205, but it was moving along most of the way. The dog seems to remember me from the days when he had the run of my upstairs apartment, as well as the downstairs where my son lived. He was just a pup when he wandered into our domain.  He visits me once in a while, also, with his owners.

A couple of the possible side effects of the antibiotic I’ve been taking have plagued me the last day or so. Fortunately, I finished the bottle today. Tonight, I feel like every ounce of energy in my body drained out. Now I’ll start on the bottle of pro-biotics to undue the side damage. The therapy suggested for my jaw problem by my doctor seems to be helping. The pain has diminished greatly.

I hope to be re-energized tomorrow and ready to get some writing done.

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