Category: Family

My first friend, Mitch, died last Friday. The last time I saw him was during a luncheon that my sister, Jackie, held at her house in June of 2023. She invited the two of us to join our third friend, Rudy. The three of us reminisced about our younger days. Our most recent bond was …

Editor’s Note:  I wrote the original version of 15 Weeks last October.  I’d forgotten all about it.  As I was reviewing my draft of today’s blog, the original version popped up.  I’m not going to develop a whole new story.  The bulk of this tale is similar, but it has a different ending.  With over …

With a condo in Michigan, and a house in Florida, I’ve got a lot of cupboards and closets.  I’m responsible for the organization of one closet in Michigan, and I didn’t organize anything in Florida.  Ruth did it all. My single contribution is the closet that I use for my office. It’s really one of …

We visited St. Andrews yesterday. It’s the home of golf. When the kids were young, Ruth and I took all three to the local par three golf course called Silver Lake. It’s on US 12 a few miles from our Lake LeAnn home. We’d go on Sunday afternoons. I don’t recall how many golfers I …

About a dozen ago, our entire family met in Montana. We stayed at the bed and breakfast. Ruth and I slept in the main house while the kids and their crews stayed in a couple of cabins on the property. We had a great time. We all went on a two hour horseback trail ride. …

I was driving down a country road the other day and as I passed over a bridge, I saw two shirtless ten-year-olds fishing. They were standing on the bank watching their lines and laughing. I smiled to myself and thought back to a simpler time from my youth 500 North Edgeworth has a park on …

I’ve been playing with an audio recorder.  I recorded a story I had written a few years ago and originally posted on October 14, 2018.   I shared it with my kids, two sisters and my nieces.   Most gave it a thumbs up.  Jackie shared it with the members her “pretty ladies club”.  I think that’s …

When it came time for our three children to decide what was next regarding their education, Ruth and I deferred to them.  We spoke of college all the time but would have been ok if they took a pass.  They didn’t. David was first and he enrolled at Western Michigan University like me.  He planned …

Young Jackson James turned three today.  Four years ago, Ruth and I didn’t think we’d have a third grandchild.  I’m pretty sure his conception was planned even though he was conceived, and born, during the covid crisis. We knew his birth was on the horizon when I called to check in with Kate one late …

Elizabeth’s birthday is today.  She was born on March 10, 1977.  David was twenty days short of turning two and Michael followed BZ exactly fifteen months later.  Ruth and I were knocking on 30’s door. The 10th was a Thursday.  Ruth had taught through the prior Friday, beginning her maternity leave that day.  She visited …