Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from 2013

Test 2

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Test from Phone

Green belt hike from Sunday.

Dr. Doug

Friday night.  One year ago.  The worst phone call I've ever been a part of.  I was in Beaumont watching TV with my parents after dinner.  I had come in for a bike ride the next day and a childhood friend's wedding Saturday night.  It was rare I was home with them.  I'm still debating whether I'm glad I was there or not.  Part of me is glad I was there for them, but the part of me that worries I will be haunted for life by that phone call selfishly wishes I had been hundreds of miles away. The phone rang and Mom said "oh, I bet it is Doug calling to complain about the Astros."  Aunt Tootsie's name popped up on the TV caller ID.  Mom answered and I could tell immediately by the tone of her voice that things weren't okay.  I heard her ask "Linda Mattingly?" as she walked down the hall.  Dad continued eating his ice cream and watching TV.  I was already sick.  Mom got off the phone and said Tootsie had said Uncle Buddy h...