Four months ago today, I lost my soulmate. Her name was Chanda, and she had been my best friend for over 30 years. We had walked this path of life together since we were 11 years old. We were together through puberty, adolescence, college, marriages, children, divorces, and everything else under the sun. I wrote on this blog of her dad’s passing back in 2013 and how it changed everything. However, losing her changes things even more profoundly than that event had. I mentioned previously that there were life-altering events that occurred in 2018, and this is definitely the biggest one. Her passing has changed everything forever and in every way, and although it is still too soon and the wounds are still too fresh to write freely today, I was compelled to pause for a moment to remember her. For in remembering those who pass before us, we honor them and the impact they had on our lives. She was my “Thunder Buddy for Life,” and I miss her more than words can express.
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Mother’s Day Musings
It is that time of year again – Mother’s Day. Having worked in the restaurant business for 20 years, I can assure you it is the busiest day of the year. So, on behalf of all my fellow service industry workers, here are three things to remember:
1) We understand that you want Mom to have the best dining experience possible. So do the hundreds of other people in the restaurant with you. Please be patient and courteous. There’s no need to reduce the hostess to tears with your meanness.
2) Today is not the day to be a stingy tipper (nor any day, really). I guarantee that your server is working harder today than any other day of the year. There are going to be delays. Mistakes might even be made, but that is the nature of the business. Unless your server was rude and absolutely ignored you, then please honor their work with a respectable tip. Also, most restaurants take 3% of a server’s sales to give to a tip pool for the bussers and hostesses. So that 15% tip you left? Only 12% goes into their pockets.
3) Please remember while you are enjoying your day with your mom and/or children, our children and/or moms are enjoying this day with someone else.
In closing, I want to wish all you moms out there a Happy Mother’s Day, especially mine. Til next time, my friends.
Words from the Long Run 