Our oldest daughter, Kristin, turned 49 earlier this week – and that’s difficult to believe. It seems like yesterday that she was born at Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital in downtown Chicago. I also won’t ever forget what it felt like…
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Today, June 20, 2024, is the first day of summer for the earth’s northern hemisphere. In fact, it arrived at 4:51 p.m. eastern time this afternoon! Usually, we don’t celebrate the summer solstice until June 21st and the winter solstice…
Today is Father’s Day, 2024. Since the death of Janet’s father 11 years ago, I have assumed the role of the patriarch of the family. Nothing brings that more into focus than our Father’s Day celebration each year. And while…
Earlier this week, we witnessed the first manned liftoff of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft, destined to transport two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for about ten days before they are scheduled to return to earth. This launch was…
As we get older, and in an effort to stay sharp, Janet and I have been working on jigsaw puzzles on our kitchen table. When each of us had our annual Medicare cognitive exams, we both passed with flying colors…
It was 46 years ago today, June 2, 1978, when Dad died. It was a Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. and I was in route back to the hospital, returning there after driving home in the late afternoon to pick…
Many of us who grew up in the 1960’s were familiar with ABC’s Wide World of Sports that came on television each Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Jim McKay was the announcer of that wonderful program and he was the author…
It seems to be a season of prayer and healing recently. In one such case, a friend of ours, who I have known literally since the day I was born, recently moved back to Indianapolis after almost 30 years away…
Well, today, our third grandson, Cooper, graduated from high school and will begin his college days this fall at Indiana University in Bloomington. That means that we will only have one grandchild left who will start high school in the…
We are in the heart of spring. My grandfather used to teach me that this is the time of year when God refreshes things after the season of winter. It is a time of new growth as well as the…