by waiter | Apr 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
“Did you see that Dune film yet?” I asked Carl, the kid who works in the office next to mine. “Just the first one,” he said. “Haven’t seen the second. You?” “Same here. I’m waiting for a friend of mine to go see it.” “He into sci-fi?” “Yeah,” I said,...
by waiter | Apr 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Grieving people sometimes find it therapeutic returning to work, finding solace in established routines and familiar faces while others need to avoid their job altogether. Everyone’s different, but I found myself comfortable with neither option. But since I work in...
by waiter | Apr 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
In an effort to keep my good cholesterol up, I started jogging a few months ago. It’s slow going and sucks but, after getting up to three miles straight on my gym’s treadmills, I decided to put on my big boy shorts and start running outside. I wish someone had told me...
by waiter | Apr 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I left work today, I ran into my boss in the hallway. “Leaving early?” he said. “I have to go grave shopping today,” I said, putting on what I thought was an appropriately solemn look. “Find a place for my father’s ashes. Volunteers are...
by waiter | Mar 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
A couple of hours after my father died, I was sitting in the back office of a funeral home waiting for the director to arrive when I heard a car pull up and the sound of a heavy door opening and closing. Getting up from my seat, I went to the window and pulled back...
by waiter | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
March 7, 2024 When my brother and I were children in the 1970’s my father loved to play records on the old hi-fi in our living room. His choices were, of course, as varied as his eclectic tastes– ranging from classical music, recordings of Shakespeare plays,...
by waiter | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
March 6, 2024 When I was a small child the synapses in my brain finally linked up and I realized that I had a whole life in front of me – and that I’d eventually need to get a job. So, I churned through all the possibilities little boys consider. Maybe I would become...
by waiter | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Charles Feeney, 1931 – 2023 Businessman, Philanthropist, and my hero. Your reward in Heaven will be great. I wish there were more people like you. “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night sweet prince; and fights of angels sing thee to thy...
by waiter | Oct 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Most of the deep philosophical discussions I have with my daughter occur when she’s in the backseat while I’m driving. Yesterday was one of those times. “How is God different from us?” she asked me as we waited at a traffic light. “You and I are finite,” I said....
by waiter | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
My father needed to have his hearing aids adjusted so, once again, I found myself going to Costco. Because there was a bad accident on the highway, we were half an hour late. “There won’t be any handicapped spots,” I said, frustrated. “You said that the last...
