Brady got his first set of wheels from his Uncle Mike when he was two years old. It was a blue pickup called Blue Thunder. His first passenger, and constant companion, was B, his trusted teddy bear. The two of them conquered the ins and outs of off road driving in their back yard on …
Category: Family
Seventy-Four Candles
For forty-eight days each year Ruth is a year older than me. It’s a special time of the year. It ended yesterday. We’re back to being the same age until April 11, 2022. During my dating years, the majority of my female friends were younger than me. When it came time to get serious, I …
Dear Kate,
Young Jackson James is only forty-two days old, but he’s already made quite an impact. If his arrival was anything like David, Elizabeth, and Michael’s, you understand the meaning of love at first sight like no other time in your life. He wasn’t here a moment ago, and now he is. Your life has changed …
Family Photos
About a month ago I destroyed my wallet by going swimming with it still in my pocket. I tried to dry it out over the course of a couple of days but finally decided to invest in a new one. I dried out the contents, and everything was salvageable. When I was a child, my …
Bulletin!!! Just in – Breaking News!!!
If you were expecting to read the final chapter of my fable about Rozlyn Heart this morning, you may be disappointed. If you were watching TV right now, exciting news would be scrolling across the bottom of your screen. If you were listening to your radio, the broadcast would be interrupted with “Breaking News!”. As …
Forty-Four Years
When Ruth and I started talking about having children, she wanted two and I wanted three. Biology determined our final count. We’re both happy how things worked out. We were four and a half years into being married before David was born. Two years later, Elizabeth Kathryn made her appearance on March 10, 1977. Ruth’s …
The Countdown
Magnus Strongbeard is due the 29th of this month. We’ve started counting down the days. If you’re a parent, you know due dates are merely estimates based on data provided by the prospective mother in consultation with her doctor. The doctor in turn conducts a series of examinations, does sonogram screenings, blood and urine tests, …
Buckle Up Buttercup
The first time I cried in public was the year I served as president of our teacher’s union. We were having a difficult time in negotiations and union leadership was attempting to gather support among the teachers to cease volunteering for things. We wanted everyone to arrive and depart school as required – nothing more …
Christmas 2021
We just finished Christmas 2020, and I’m already looking forward to Christmas 2021. In spite of all the turmoil, I’ve enjoyed this crazy season. David and his family were here for a few days, and Ruth cooked Christmas dinner for three Michigan friends whose families are up north while we reside in Florida. Everyone is …
A Christmas Miracle
Back in the day Elizabeth wrapped all my Christmas presents. This was after Santa Claus and pre-Sutton. She like doing it, and I appreciated her completing a task I wasn’t very good at. I was ten thumbs and she was precision. It was a perfect match. The first couple of years after her move to …