OUT AND ABOUT
In the first few years we knew her, Katie still worked. She had a part-time job in a doctor’s office. Back then, she had some old-lady friends, too. They went out for barbeque now and then, or drove up to the candle factory in Georgetown.
We took her places now and then, too. We took her to a couple of movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Blazing Saddles, of all things. You may think these were strange choices of movies to take an old lady to, and maybe they were, but she enjoyed them both hugely, so I guess we knew what we were doing.
We took her to a hotel on Lamar where there was a belly-dancer at happy hour, and she liked that, too. It was her idea to go to Fredricksberg to see wildflowers one spring, and it was her idea to sit down in a field of bluebonnets and have her picture taken. A Texas tradition, I guess.
But as time went on, her arthritis got worse. She gave up her job, and Larry kindly made up the difference in her income. He bought her a new heater and air conditioner and had new roof put on the house. She went out less.
Then of course we moved away.
After that, I saw Katie much less frequently. It was a 15-mile drive across town, so naturally this was not conducive to my going over there and kicking back and drinking wine until all hours. Craig didn’t travel as much either. Still, I visited from time to time. Next
