During the last five years in particular, we have had more doctors to see and illnesses to overcome than at any time in our lives. And I just don’t mean Janet and I – I’m including our kids in that…
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It has occurred to me recently that the roles of people in our family are changing. When the kids were growing up, we wanted to know where they were and when they were out late, they had to get in…
This has been a difficult summer around here. And although this post isn’t necessarily meant to be funny, it has been a comedy of problems with my car that finally brought me to the brink today. To be totally transparent…
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…
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…