I remember the day I took this picture. Sunday, February 2, 2020. Right before Covid. We were in Omaha just to have lunch with Pat and Mary. Pat wanted to get out of the house and it was warm enough to do just that!
At Pat’s request Jim drove us over to Holy Sepulchre Cemetary. She was looking for a relative’s grave. I don’t think they found it, but it was a beautiful day and I got a lot of nice photos of Jim and his mother.
Jim was as conscious of his mother’s frail health as his own. Although at this point in time he was feeling pretty good and so was she.
It was before he broke his hip and before he had to go on oxygen. In fact I think it was at this time while he was still on Keytruda and not suffering from it’s coming ill effects that he felt the best. He was cycling that spring and really feeling as good as he was going to.
That spring Pat’s health was about the same. We all suspected that she was going downhill, but she still had the energy, strength, and need to get out and do things when she could .
It was a very good day!