Current Party, Honors for All

Last Sunday night the staff of The Current held their end of year party at our house. Since I'm retiring, this will probably be the last time we host a bunch of 20-somethings who live on pizza, Jimmy Johns and brownies under our roof. Part of the evening's tradition is certificates for everyone. Even Norm got an award, for being The Unsung Hero. (At least they didn't try to sing to him!)

Also traditional is passing the silver engraved mug from outgoing to incoming editor, so Paul presented it to Melissa at the conclusion of the serious business. Then everyone adjourned to the dining room table for a 2-hour game of Apples to Apples, which is a matching game involving nouns and adjectives. Go figure. They are a newspaper staff, after all!

This week Norm and I are back to exercise and Norm even mowed the lawn, feeling recovered from his cataract surgery. In the past 36 hours we have had 2-1/2 inches of rain so we haven't had much of a chance to work in the garden, which we had hoped to do this week. I've been busy working on my conference for later this month. Tomorrow we go to a special graduation for Heather, daughter of our friends Mike and Sandy, who is ready to start a career in respiratory therapy. And on Saturday, between showers, we have a work day at our church. So we are keeping busy despite the fact that the month of May and the Mother's Day celebrations bring some bittersweet memories of 10 years ago when both of our mothers passed away.