to breast feed because the expected uterine contractions due to this method of feeding the infant provided me with an uncomfortable and unnatural sensation. In conjunction with my philosophy that the genitals, to include those of infants and children are “sacred ground”, the touching of these parts of the body of children was to me immoral and abhorrent. Whenever changing diapers, a tissue, baby wipe, or wash cloth was used as an intermediary to attend to the necessary removal of excrements or to the applications of ointments applied to our infant children.
A first priority after arriving home was to make arrangements for our daughter’s baptismal with the Catholic Church. A friend and brother agreed to accept the responsibility of godparents. Daughter was baptized at seven weeks post birth. A large party to celebrate this event was given at our home which thoroughly exhausted me.
One afternoon in middle December, I decided to put my infant daughter out on the deck for some fresh air. I bundled her up, placed her in a blanketed stroller and wheeled her onto the deck, off of our kitchen, in a quiet backyard. As I was cleaning the kitchen, I looked out of the kitchen glass doors from time to time to check on her. On the last glance, I saw an American pit bull terrier with his head in the baby stroller. Petrified, I remained calm and coaxed the dog away from the stroller. I was relieved and thankful that the baby was fine.
An elderly woman who I was acquainted with was seriously ill and hospitalized. In years prior, this pleasant woman spoke to me about the history of the area of our residences in the 1940’s. I sensed a quaint nostalgia when she spoke of the many herds of deer seen throughout the area during this time. I surmised that the past rural nature of the community was the reason for the abundance of deer which were rarely, if ever seen roaming the many populated neighborhoods of this era’s community. Later and by 2000, the community of our residence and neighborhoods were inundated with many deer, pheasants, wild turkeys, coyotes, occasionally bears, and other unusual untamed wildlife. The reason for this phenomenon is an enigma based on my past instruction and experience related to the behavioral nature of wildlife. Deciding to visit this kind lady in the hospital one afternoon, dinner was delivered to her room while I was in attendance. She was too weak to feed herself so I fed her. On my way out of the care unit in the hospital, I saw many food trays being retrieved in the hallway, untouched by the patients.
Spouse while on a business trip for a corporation, inadvertently left a satchel containing the receipts for the hotel, meals, and transportation costs of this trip on the seat of a taxi cab resulting in these business expense verifications becoming lost. Upon arriving home and after explaining this situation to his superior, it was stated that because of spouses’ inattentiveness regarding this matter, he would not be reimbursed by the corporation for these business expenses. On hearing this reply, one was flabbergasted and completely disgusted and stated to spouse that a person cannot be a human being in this company who occasionally errs. After paying a substantial credit card bill for this corporate business trip, spouse procured a job with another corporation in 1985.