December 18 marks two anniversaries of immense personal loss – 10 years ago today, my father-in-law passed away from ALS. Though some memories are still painful, a decade of time has numbed the pain of his loss a little, and it’s easier to focus on the good times we shared and the countless wonderful things […]
People who don’t pay much attention to baseball and the MLB, particularly the Chicago Cubs, might not realize who Ron Santo is or that he is gone. Ron Santo, legendary Chicago Cubs supporter, has passed away at the age of 70. Gaining popularity first as a player then as an outspoken sportscaster, Ron Santo became
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… (Sorry Mr. Dickens) But then again it was. This weekend families gathered to mark similar yet different events. On Saturday, my nephew celebrated his birthday. He has reached his teen years, and is more interested in the presents, food and television then the
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In early March of 2004, I was introduced to the terminology ‘grief monster’. This was a term used by other widows and widowers to indicate their feelings after loss. Using the words grief monster seemed to indicate a battle needed to be fought with grief. I didn’t think that was the case then and I
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This may be a difficult post to read. It was certainly hard to write. No happy or witty sayings in this post. This is a story of life, death, mourning and maybe life again. At the beginning of this year many wonderful things were in the making. My 3rd daughter had her wedding scheduled for
On Tuesday I was on my way to a job and had to choose a route to take. One of the routes, the one I didn’t pick, was blocked with police tape and vehicles, which I found out when I passed it taking the other route. Like accidents and such I pass from time to
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Today had a rough start. I knew that in advance, so I did little things to prepare for it. One was taking an entire day of vacation, instead of just a partial day. Another was to go with the flow of the day. I went to the funeral of a young man I barely knew.
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Tonight was an evening of celebration. I had a wonderful time with a bunch of friends celebrating a very special occasion. I’m sure someone else’s blog will give a complete rundown of the events, so I won’t here. But I did enjoy myself. This post is not about that joy and celebration, but more a
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Did you every have a day you thought would have turned out differently? Did you ever expect one thing, and have something else happen? To answer those questions, yes, I did. Yesterday was one of those days. It was decided earlier that my daughters and I would go to the Zoo to see the Christmas
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I don’t know that I will have much time to blog in the next few days and I wanted to get this down. 5 years ago this weekend, I spent as much of the weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) with my wife. The two youngest were spending time at Grandma’s house (with Mom), so The
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