Today is a milestone in our oldest niece’s life. Jessica has now been a part of this family for a quarter of a century. It sounds quite a bit longer than her 25 years of age, but when you say…
The travel is pretty much over, except for a day here and there. We’ve only been home about a week out of the last four, having travelled to Hawaii for our anniversary, and then two sad trips out east for…
I have been favored in my life with several very close friends. My closest childhood friend, Bob, survived cancer but died of a stroke back when he was 50 years old. We grew up together and, in fact, were locker…
The week has passed faster than anyone could have imagined. It was one week ago this evening that Janet’s father finished his earthly life and that I made plans to head out here. Now the visit is over – the…
Last Saturday afternoon, I headed out to Williamsburg Landing with Janet and her sisters for the purpose of starting the process of removing their father’s personal effects from the room he occupied there. I had to run to the airport…
We are still in Williamsburg this evening and the celebration of life services are over for Nancy and John, Janet’s parents. It has been a difficult summer and the realities of the void that is being left in all of…
Eighteen days ago we held a celebration of life service for Nancy Boyd, mother of Debbie, Janet and Nancy Dee. And today we conducted the same type of service for John Boyd, father of the three women and the patriarch…
Janet called me around dinner time this evening and told me that her father had just passed away several minutes before. As I have said before, I have known my father-in-law for more than a half century and once again,…