Emotional

3 entries

2015

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 · Don Krumpos

His Fantasy Land

The oxygen machine hums all day. It doesn't stop. The morphine pump beeps at intervals I've memorized by now. These are the sounds that fill Dad's house — not his whistling, not the clatter of tools, not the screen door…
Thursday, April 9, 2015 · Don Krumpos

The Dash Between the Years

The last couple of days, Helen and I sat at Dad's house making a photo board. We spread everything out — shoeboxes, envelopes, loose prints — and just started sorting. That was the best kind of therapy. Not talking about…

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · Don Krumpos

Gertie, My Fierce Little Shadow

I met her in December 2008, in my Minneapolis apartment. I set down a fresh bowl of food and watched her take her first careful steps into our life together. She was a tortoiseshell — bold, independent, a little unpredictable.…