Letters to Mom

Missing you, Mom.  There are times when it hurts a lot.  Most of the time it's a dull ache. Birthdays and Mother's Day are hard.  You'd be proud of Nick, Ma.  He did really well on his scores and training and has a good job in the service.  He'll have some mad skills when he gets out.  We miss him but beam with pride knowing we had a small hand in that.  Just offering him a place to stay (with conditions and rules) turned things in another direction for him.  Awesome. The cats are well.  Grady is getting that "old-man" thinness because of the FHIV.  His health may go downhill from here.  I keep feeding him a higher grade cat food, liver and chicken.  That helps. Jackie's fibro and arthritis makes things difficult for her and the global pandemic has curbed any ideas on getting a little healthier by going to the gym with me.  I've lost 35 lbs over the last 6-8 months and have a bit more energy (after dealing with some kind of virus that zapped me