Friendship and Promises Triggers
As I have gone through my box of poems I am finding more triggered memories. One of my poems tells about a friendship that I had encountered with an elderly woman who lived five doors down from my maternal grandparents. They all lived in the same apartment building in San Francisco. I guess she was lonely and my grandpa asked if I would write to her. I still remember her first and last name – although I have no idea or remember how to spell her last name but do remember how to pronounce it. There was one simple poem about promises and under the poem I ’ d written a note about different promises I had made and kept. One promise was to a friend who I called “ Annie ” ; I told her that I would take her to the musical “ Annie ” if it was ever playing downtown or at the University. I don ’ t recall the exact year. I was thinking it was in the late 70 ’ s. Annie wo...