10-14-2009 – The Story of Alice
I moved into my house almost two years ago and shortly after that, met Alice.
Weighing in at about 17 lbs and about 150 years old, Alice struck a pretty mean sillouette coming in and out of her house every few days. It was a painful experience to watch the 30 minute ordeal of making the ten-foot trek from her old Pontiac to her front door.
When I introduced myself to her, I told her my name was ‘Luke’, which is the street-version of Lucas. Because she was about 90% deaf, she thought I said ‘Lou’, and no matter how many times I corrected her, it just didnt work. Ever since that day, my evil-alias has been ‘Lou’ and that’s because of this woman who couldnt figure out how to leave a message on my phone and who wanted me to ‘teach her computers’.
Alice passed away last week at the age of 90-something. You gotta hand it to her, for someone who didnt get a drivers license until the age of 88, when her husband passed, she knocked it out solo-style for a good long time.
Goodbye Alice
- Lou
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