The middle of September is filled with several dates that are remembrances of things that aren’t the most wonderful memories I have. It was twenty five years ago today that our mother died. From what Doug told me, my brother…
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In addition to being the traditional end of summer, Labor Day holds a number of memories from when our family moved to Indianapolis. That’s because the day after Labor Day is the day that I reported to my first day…
Well, we are nearly at the end of summer. Technically, we are still several weeks away from the official start of fall, but Labor Day has traditionally marked the end of summer vacation, just as Memorial Day announces the arrival…
This first day of the next 50 years together was so much easier for Janet and me than the day after we got married 50 years ago this past August 24th. Back then we were caught up in the excitement…
Janet and I grew up together – our parents were best friends… and somehow we just knew that we were to be together – forever… We got engaged on Christmas Eve in 1972 and started to plan our wedding right…
It was a Friday evening, at 7:00 p.m. to be exact. Janet and I were at Trinity United Methodist Church, on the south side of Chicago about a mile from each of our family homes. Reverend Ross Sweeney and our…
Our son is a car guy. He loves automobiles, has owned a number of them and I like to think that he gets his penchant for keeping them neat and clean from me. I haven’t been as active with vehicles…
Well, today is a day of celebration for approximately 10% of the country’s population, including me. That’s because today is the annual day of celebration for left handed people! Clearly, we are in the minority across the land, and the…
For almost 50 years now, Janet and I have had dogs and/or cats in our family. In fact, right after we were married we actually adopted Bobby and Sassy, two border collies, who were our first pets when we lived…