March 9, 2020. Madison, Mississippi. Tuppen.

Tuppen and Marilyn were planning to come to Mississippi to visit me. They were to come in March. But something unexpected happened. Tuppen was visiting her family in Norway when she had a blockage which turned out to be a tumor in her colan. She is out of the hospital recovering from the surgery. And she is staying with her sister but she is not ready to travel home to Houston. Tuppen is the most healthy of my friends. We were friends in Galveston and we are friends now. She has always been slim and fit. She worked as a physical therapist back in Galveston and she works full time as a physical therapist now, even though she is in her upper 70s. A few years ago her lovely old home in Houston had 6 feet of water in the house so she has been dealing with that mess. But she has done well and now lives in a town house which she bought after the Houston flood. She was born and raised in Norway and retains her accent. I suspect her family and friends in Norway think she speaks Wirth an American accent. The truth is that we never know when the corner will turn ands you will be in the hospital. Having Tuppen in the hospital would have been the last thing on my mind. After all, she was always thin and fit. Marilyn reports that Tuppens spirits are good. But she might stop working. She travels a lot even though she works full time. But now she thinks she will devote her free time to traveling. But first she must get back to Houston. I certainly wish her well. I would enjoy their visit here in Mississippi.