New Year's Day with Evelyn Boardman

I spent part of New Year's out with Evelyn Boardman at Panera's drinking coffee.    Evelyn is a friend who is second on Jennie's medical directives with me and she visits Jennie in the Nursing Home every week.  She also became friends with my brother, Jim, when he would come up to visit Jennie and we would go to Panera's afterward and eat.   She also knows Julia from antique days.  So she is a Cooper person to many of us but she helps me more than she does anyone in dealing with Jennie.  (It also helps that her daughter, Lynn, is director at Nursing at the Lutheran Home where Jennie is).

We sat at Panera's, visited with Gary Rust, and talked about the new Barbara Streisand movie.   It is always a wonderful way to spend time.  We are both Democrats so we discussed the big vote due today and how despicable the Tea Party members are and the NRA people who think that people should be allowed to carry around assault weapons.    I said to her that it never occurred to me, however, that one day, that gays would legally be allowed to marry so I can't say that things are not changing.   I don't want to be in the category that I cannot read and study and change my own position.

So, Evelyn, thanks for the part you play in my life.  You are great company and thanks for what you did for my brother and do for my sister.  You are faithful to my task!