Summer of 2008, above: Ring Around the Rosie with Lorraine and Mush. Fairfield, CT.




Mush loved spending time with the girls...



...She loved spoiling them, too.



...and Maxine loved visiting Mushie. I'm certain Veronica (whom I wanted to name Wilhelmina, after Mush) would have grown to love these visits, too.



This is the last time I saw Mush, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport, CT. Maxine got to visit one last time a few days later and was happy to climb all over her again. Today, we are going to her wake.