the time when you got stung by a bee

Dear Clark:  Today I sat down to get the paperwork in order for the taxman. 

It wasn't nearly as much fun as last year when you were here to check my addition and subtraction.  I want you to know that I took frequent breaks just as you always suggested.    I also recalled that "we're going to have a treat when this is done" expression you used to get on your face when I started to get annoyed with the whole thing.

There is a pan of rice pudding in the oven right now. As soon as it comes out I am going to go upstairs and look at every picture I have of you. Tonight Chris and I will tell each other all the best Clark stories. Like how you used to jump in the air and try to catch leaves, and about the time when you got stung by a bee and your eye was so swollen and we fretted and fretted about if we should take you to have it checked or not.  

Lewis says he has some stories to tell too.  Things you two did that we don't know about apparently.  Hmmm, don't worry we'll take them all with a grain of salt. 

Comments

[jeanette, mistress of longears]

It's so hard missing them. Still, I wonder if maybe - just possibly - the tax prep wasn't quite as much fun as you recall - even with Clark? I know they say hindsight is 20/20, but ....taxes? Really? On second thought, Clark was even more remarkable than I used to think.

[Leslie J. Moran]

Awww...good old Clark. Full report from Lewis I hope! :)

[Joan]

I think Lewis needs a buddy cat...it's so hard to lose one of these precious friends. They do live on in our hearts though...oh, the stories and the antics of all my cats who have gone to kitty heaven, how dearly I remember them.

[Pam]

The missing and remembering heals the heart.

[Judy H.]

Sweet, funny memories are healing. Love the Clark pic. :)