2026 Life Logs, Day 97: Happy Birthday to Ziggy
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Weather: A Little Rain, A Little Sunshine, Some Clouds; High Temp 50, Low 29 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Happy 17th Birthday to Ziggy Milo Handley, my grandson who lives in Puerto Rico. I have five grandchildren in total, 3 grandsons here in Falmouth, and Ziggy and Coco in Puerto Rico. I talked to Ziggy briefly tonight and he told me stayed home from school today to celebrate and went out to a movie with friends tonight. Then I said to him that 17 sounds terribly old and he agreed! When Justin and family were visiting at the beginning of this year, I sensed from our conversations that Ziggy is thinking a lot about his future. What will he do? Where will he go? I caught him on camera more than once when he appeared to be in deep thought or looking at life through the lens of the new camera he got for Christmas.
I look forward to what the next year brings. Both Ziggy and Jonah will be seniors in high school next year. A year of big decisions. Happy birthday, Ziggy. Here’s to another wonderful year in the life!
I had an all-morning meeting today and then spent a great deal of my afternoon and evening dealing with my sister’s current health issues. I have had a week-long battle trying to get medication delivered to her that was prescribed last Wednesday. Don’t even ask why. But the bottom line is that the doctor prescribed an antibiotic, I think for a bacterial infection in her lungs. This afternoon, that medication still had not arrived. Long, long story. But just after I found out the medication still had not arrived, I got a call that she now has Covid. I have no idea if she had Covid last week and that was causing the coughing and congestion, or if she had pneumonia and now has Covid, or what. But I know her 92-year-old body has been battling hard. I have to wait until morning to talk to her doctor and I might have to go down to Charlotte to be with her. I hate the thought of flying right now, but it is a 14-hour drive and that doesn’t sound like fun either. Onward we go.
