Today is our daughter’s 21st birthday. Wow! Where did the last twenty-one years go? She came into our lives twenty-one years ago and at least in my case completely revised all of my assumptions about girls and women. She has gone from being cute to beautiful. She has her mother’s charm and beauty and my [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
Twenty-one years
Posted in gratitude, tagged birthday, family, gratitude on August 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Birthday
Posted in gratitude, recreation, travel, tagged family, Pittsford, restaraunt, Rochester on April 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday afternoon we drove to Rochester, New York to meet our son for dinner. Devin had turned 24, April 4th but his work precluded our getting together that day. Where have the last twenty-four years gone? All parents probably ask questions like that. We arrived at his apartment which is on the east side of [...]
St. Patrick’s Day
Posted in Catholic, culture, gratitude, tagged ancestors, family, gratitude, Irish, St. Patrick on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s St. Patrick’s Day and true to form I went to work sporting green trousers, a green sweater and a white bow-tie with shamrocks on it. My Mom is as Irish as McGinty’s goat and she raised us to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. I often reflect on my heritage and a good part [...]
Picnic
Posted in Cattaraugus County, NY, gratitude, nature, travel, tagged Allegany State Park, contemplative, family, New York State on October 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This afternoon my wife and I got in our PT Cruiser and drove down the road to Salamanca, New York in the general direction of Allegany State Park. On the way there we stopped at Subway for what we call the “lazyman’s picnic.”
Never too much
Posted in Fredonia, Luther Vandross, ipod, recreation, travel, tagged contemplative, family, Spirituality on September 8, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been listening to music on my IPod all summer. An IPod has really revolutionized music for me. My new PT Cruiser has an audio jack that lets me play music whenever I’m in the car. Tonight my wife and I drove to Fredonia, New York to have dinner with our son and daughter.
Deep peace
Posted in Bill Douglas, Christianity, Fredonia, Marian, Music, Peace, gratitude, mindfulness, mystic, prayer, tagged contemplative, Spirituality, family on September 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Thank you to all the people who prayed for our daughter. She seems to be progressing well. Her fever broke over twenty-four hours ago and her leg looks much better. The redness and swelling are subsiding. Dara is hoping to return to her normal life soon. I know that your prayers really helped her [...]
Prayer request
Posted in Christianity, Fredonia, gratitude, prayer, tagged family, kindness on August 31, 2007 | 11 Comments »
My daughter has been hospitalized with an unusual infection in her left leg. She’s normally “fit as a fiddle,” running ten to twelve miles a week. Tuesday night we received a call that a friend was taking her to the emergency room of a hospital near her college.
