I am Karen Scott's daughter.

It has been over 4 months since Mom died.  Dad is settling in very nicely here in Port Washington.  He walks by the Marina at least once per day.  My sister-in-law, Diane walks with him almost every day.  He is a stronger walker at the end of the summer.  He enjoys seeing the fish being caught and the boats going in and out of the water.  This late in October the Marina is getting emptier everyday, boats are being loaded onto semis and trucked away to their winter home.  Baseball season is coming to a close.  The Cards will be playing the Dodgers next and Dad doesn't know which one to cheer for since they are both his favorites.  Is there life after baseball?  How can we last through the winter? 

Dad has tried pizza, tacos, zucchini soup, barbecue pork sandwiches and guess what?  He likes them! He tried one piece of asparagus-he didn't like that!  We have him hooked on weight watchers ice cream bars.  We found some bologna and summer sausage that is satisfactory.  He has survived without Anderson-Erickson milk.....

 I gave dad a Mom's list of family birthdays and some birthday cards.  Hopefully he will send some.  I know he needs to stay in touch with his family.

I still find myself wanting to pick up the phone and call Mom.  I still cannot understand what happened and spend time wondering why and if I should have done something different.  Well I will not get the answers to my questions in this life.