This past week was one that will be hard to ever forget as our area lost its best historian in Joni Haldeman and then lost one of the most prolific icons of local government with the passing of longtime New Boston mayor Johnny Branson.
Both were my friends. To say that it was a tough week for this ol boy would be an understatement as Sunday was also the 35th anniversary of the day my late wife said “I do” and began what would be a 30 year marriage that only ended with her passing. The fact that it fell on Mother’s Day this year only compounded the situation.
But, a good friend of mine suggested something to me that actually worked somewhat. She said that instead of focusing on the negativity of losing friends, and missing my wife, I should instead celebrate them by going through old pictures and memories and recalling the good days, the happy days. So, that is what I did.
