One year ago today at the time of the publication of this post my Dad, Robert B. Tower, died as I held his hand.
He was 89 years old.
Though this post will publish at 13:40 Pacific time, Dad died at 13:40 Eastern time, 10:40 Pacific, which is the time now as I write these words.
I set an alarm today for both the actual time of death -- 10:40 a.m. Pacific -- and the more significant time by number in Pacific time, 13:40 PDT.
Perhaps dramatic of me to post an all black image and a cryptic title.
But I have learned, like with Mom's 10th anniversary of her death last month, maybe writing a lot just now is not the thing to do. I am actually working on one of my novel projects.
More about grief and Dad and a year ago later on.
More about grief and Dad and a year ago later on.
Thanks for tuning in.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2508.28 - 13:40
- Days ago: MOM = 3710 days ago & DAD = 364 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2508.28 - 13:40
- Days ago: MOM = 3710 days ago & DAD = 364 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I post Hey Mom blog entries on special occasions. I post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day, and now I have a second count for Days since my Dad died on August 28, 2024. I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of Mom's death, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of her death and sometimes 13:40 EDT for the time of Dad's death. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
ADDED: For this week only (August 25-31 2025), in honor of the one year since, I am going to post at 13:40 Pacific Time. My Dad died at 13:40 Eastern, which would be 10:40 Pacific, but I am not going to make the conversion.
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