I took my mother to her friend's house to pick up a spiffy walker that should help her walk more securely to the common areas of her apartment building. We then went to Kroger, where there was no wheelchair with a basket, so we went to Meijer and did her grocery shopping and some of my synod shopping. On the way home, I shopped for a retirement gift for someone I hired at Miami University 30+ years ago. Her reception is Thursday morning and that will leave just one person still on the staff from my short, and not-so-sweet, career as an administrator.