Today is the Summer Solistice, the sun was up & warming us all well past the point of comfort til after 8pm. Power was out in Allston so I’ve spent the evening hiding up in Burlington. According to what I learned on the local news tonight today was also National Public Display of Affection day, which made me think of the photo here, of Maija & I swimming in a coastal inlet up in Danvers many years ago, back before Hondo even moved to the North End. Today would have been Maija’s 13th birthday. So today, happy solstice, happy PDA day, happy birthday fuzzy one.
Her last year. The year before. Her 10th from 2009. At 2008 I’m starting to cry. In 2007, we went swimming in Cochicuate. That’s as far as I can go.
Oh sweet Maija… I remember this swim well. Stevie had his kayak out and we got Mmmja to jump up on the floating dock and she didn’t want to jump back in. Love her, now I’m crying too.