Most, if not all of my life, I have been a Type A person. You know – the kind of guy who gets used to charging ahead and climbing the next hill. And so it catches my eye when I…
Last Saturday was one of those days that you just can’t beat. And the Lord knows that fall is my favorite season of the year. This year has flown by so quickly and the summer seemed to come and go…
The family is celebrating another birthday today – Janet’s and Nancy’s sister, Debbie. Yesterday, it was our niece, Jessica, and today one of the members of the older generation celebrates her first birthday without her parents. And you know what?…
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…