Friday was a good day for me. I felt totally normal. I had 4 hours of consulting time scheduled and I was “on.” Everything felt right. Saturday arrived and I spent a good part of it crying. I suppose that is how it will be from now on, good days and bad.

Easter without dad was plain weird. We decided not to do an Easter basket this year. Instead we ordered Pirohi and White Borscht soup from Rozmaryn Restaurant in Trenton. Mom bought Kielbasa from Johnny’s and made potato salad. The three of us sat around the dining room table and ate quietly. After the meal, we drove to Belmar with Bo and walked along the shore. It was cute seeing Bo frolic in the sand.

Back at home with Mom and Lisa, we watched RuPaul’s Drag Race and I practically wet myself when he had the two remaining Drag Queens lip sync for their lives!

Driving to my place, Earth Angel came on the radio and tears came to my eyes. I remembered back when I was in 4th or 5th grade, Lisa and I bought a boom box from Best. We had saved 50.00 and knew exactly which one we wanted. We found it in the Sunday circular. Dad drove us and as we pointed to the one we wanted, Dad scoffed. He said we should get a better model… heck, the best model! He gave us the difference and we got an awesome unit that to this day sits in my bedroom.

It had a tape deck and I quickly got into the habit of recording music straight from the radio. I was addicted to Oldies 98.1 and one night I taped Earth Angel. My father heard me playing it over and over again and he came into my bedroom. He sat down with me on the floor and together we sang Earth Angel. Gosh I miss him.