9-18-2025
Tuesdays With Pappo
It has been a long two weeks since I saw Pappo. After a week of traveling, I was finally home and on the 90-minute drive to Pappos.
As I walked into his apartment (he always leaves his door open), I saw him in his favorite chair with his FBI Interrogation spotlights on reading his beloved Dallas Morning News.
I snuck in....grabbed the first picture without being seen......
And then he looked up....saw me....and with a big ol' smile said, "Oh Softie, I am SO glad you're back! I've missed you!! Can we get my hair cut today?"
As he sat down in the antique barber chair, Marsha reminded him he was her "favorite customer" even with his minimal hair and burr haircut.
He told me he felt his walker repair business was going away....that he would have to find something else to occupy his time. You must know.....Pappo is not a man whose happy not having a project. One of the things I love the most about him.
So we talked about his options. I suggested since he likes to write and he likes to read, why not write his life story. I would help him with it if he wanted. He wrote that suggestion down on a napkin and reminded me that he may or may not take my suggestion. I nodded.
And as we headed back to his apartment, he suggested we count how many ladies were sitting on the front porch so we could stop by Sonic and get them each a malt. We counted 3. And so, three beautiful ladies received three strawberry malts this week from Pappo.
We walked into the lobby of his Independent Living Center to the sound of country & western music....his favorite...and there in the lobby was my sister Debbie waiting for us. She grabbed Pappo's hand and spun him around a few times. A first for him....I've never seen this man dance....and a first for my sister dancing with her father.
And my heart...oh my heart is so very full right now.......of Gratefulness....of Joy.....of Thanksgiving....as I have been given a hand-wrapped gift of time with my Pappo.
What a Gift.
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