" LOOK!! SOMEONE PUT FRESH FLOWERS THERE "

ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, AN ELDERLY WOMAN WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT THE LIGHT ON THE CORNER OF ALOMA AVE. AND BALFOUR DR. WHEN SHE WAS HIT (HIT AND RUN) BY A CAR AND KILLED. MIKE AND I PASS THAT PLACE AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE EVERY DAY AS IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS IN OR OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.  EVERY TIME WE PASS THAT SPOT, MIKE ALWAYS SAYS THE SAME THING "LOOK!!  SOMEONE PUT NEW FLOWERS THERE TO MARK THE SPOT".  I USUALLY SAY NOTHING, OR MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE-YES, ISN'T THAT NICE.  TODAY HOWEVER, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON,  I FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND TOLD HIM THE TRUTH.  THEY ARE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC, AND THEY DO NOT EVER HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I THINK HE WAS A LITTLE TAKEN BACK BY THAT AND JUST SAID "OH".  I FELT KINDA BAD THAT I HAD DESTROYED ONE OF HIS MAIN TOPICS FOR CONVERSATION, BUT IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE GOES BACK TO SAYING "LOOK!! SOMEONE PUT FRESH FLOWERS THERE AGAIN" WHEN WE PASS BY THERE TOMORROW!!!  THIS JUST HAPPENED.  MIKE ASKED ME "WHAT DAY IS TOMORROW"?  I TOLD HIM "WEDNESDAY".  HE SAID "WE CAN'T EAT ANYTHING TOMORROW".  I SAID "WE CAN'T"?  "I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHAT YOU MEAN HONEY"?  MIKE REPLIES "NEITHER DO I"!!  WHAT A HOOT!!  HE IS A COMEDIAN AND DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IT!!  IT'S NOT ALL FUN AND GAMES THOUGH. TODAY ON OUR WAY BACK HOME FROM MACY'S, I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, AND MIKE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THAT SIGN MEANT (IT WAS THE ONE THAT SAYS NO RIGHT TURN ON RED).  SOME VERY SIMPLE THINGS CAN REDUCE ME TO TEARS SOMETIMES-IT'S JUST THE REALIZATION OF ALL THAT HE HAS LOST. I REALLY MUST TRY HARDER TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS HE HAS GAINED.  ONE THING THAT IS NEW AND THAT I LOVE AND AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR, IS THAT HE NOW GOES WITH ME TO THE K.H. EVERY SUNDAY.  THIS PAST SUNDAY WHEN ONE OF THE FRIENDS TOLD HIM THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE HIM, HE SAID "I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE"!!  YES, THERE ARE BLESSINGS IF WE LOOK HARD ENOUGH FOR THEM!! IF POSSIBLE- MAKE IT A  HAPPY DAY-JUST ME