Today is the sixth anniversary of my mother’s death.

Julia Looper Rex was, in many ways, the inspiration for the Five More Minutes With concept and website.

So thank you for that, and for all the other wonderful things you did for me while you were still alive.

This is one of my favorite photographs of our family, taken at Chris’s Seafood Restaurant and Fish Market in Ocean City, New Jersey. We ate many memorable meals there (fried flounder and french fries was our favorite dish!) while watching the boats in the marina.