June 18, 2006
Father's Day
After worship at Chalcedon Presbyterian Church, we gathered at Pine Lark for a Sunday lunch of boiled shrimp with Louis sauce followed by listening to a CD of spirituals in the living room.
Fun things to remember about WDJ a la five senses:
Touch: steady hands coupled with practiced technical skills to perform delicate operations on small human anatomy (arteries)....... and remove splinters from children's fingers and toes
Sight: green eyes that were observant - dont ever think he wasn't paying attention ~
Hearing: loved singing/listening to music like spirituals and Handel's Messiah
Taste: keen taste buds that allowed him to detect specific flavors in our cooked dishes and he always ate whatever I prepared.
Smell: distinctly shaped nose that loved the scent of gardenias, and hence, his wife's perfume (White Shoulders); on his 80th birthday I gave him a new supply white cotton handkerchiefs - 80 of them!
On this day in 2023, I re-listened to his 1987 lecture on organ transplantation and brain death. It was nice to hear his voice and be reminded of his astute reasoning skills.
