home of the latest shootings. How sad is that? Twelve people gone just like that. Never thought it would be this close to home.

Tom and I moved from our place on the tenth floor in downtown Virginia Beach and closer to the beach on the ground floor. The management and property was getting a little too much for us and we decided it was time to get our feet back on the ground. Running down ten flights of stairs in case of a fire would have been a little too much for us at our age so we enjoyed six years there and are now living in a beautiful townhouse. We moved on May 22nd and everything is in it's place and we are settling in nicely. Barry had never learned how to take stairs up or down but he had it licked the second day we were here. What a good boy. The Cosmo (the other place we were living) wanted us to move into another three bedroom apartment while they remodeled ours for eight weeks and then move back into our apartment for a large hike in rent from then on. We had been putting up with unbelievable noise while they refurbished the two apartments above us and the one below us. Jack hammers getting up stone that they were replacing with laminate wood floors. Seems to me they expected us to make two moves so it was decided we would make only one move and go somewhere that is much more suited to our life style. Living back in our old zip code and only three minutes from my sister. See her almost everyday and it is nice.

I'm so glad the move is over. I spent many hours packing through tears missing my mom and wishing she was here to talk me through the tough times. I still have a hard time believing she is gone and my heart has a huge hole in it. With time I am sure I will heal a little, at least to the point that I don't cry. She was such a wonderful lady and the best mom a kid could have. Her internment will be here in Virginia Beach on August 3rd. All of my brothers and sisters will be there with their spouses. It will be good to see all of them in one place for one last time in honor of mom. She will be smiling down from heaven.

Thanksgiving, Christmas, my birthday and Mother's Day all passed without me seeing my mom. She passed away April 29th in Indiana. She hadn't spoken in ten day and hospice had been called in to care for her BUT right before she died my brother said she opened her eyes and yelled "Momma" and then she was gone. I think she saw her mom. The night before she died my brother called each of us kids and let us talk to her and tell her what we wanted her to know. Of course, she couldn't talk back but I thought that my brother was just wonderful for coming up with that idea. I believe, based on what my mom yelled right before she died, that I will see her again.

Nothing else to report. I hope each of you is healthy and happy. I miss talking to you through this board and I am sorry I haven't been around much. It's going to get better now.

Outside of wanting Trump in jail and electing a new president to clean up his mess my political views have not changed. He is an idiot who has damaged our country in ways we won't fully realize for years to come. Just look below at how he signed the D-Day Proclamation Agreement this past week. Everyone signs at the bottom like normal contracts are signed and that Bozo signs at the top. He is an embarrassment to this nation!