Thirty-three years ago, my daughter was born. Happy birthday, Caileigh. It was also the day that Deb and I became parents. Being completely responsible for another human being. The responsibility increased with Keaton’s and Tara’s birth. But it started with Caileigh. All three of our kids are grown up. And our responsibility is diminished as…
Happy News! We just found out that our son Keaton and his girlfriend Kate got married. Yesterday! Which is their eighth anniversary of being together. They had planned to get married during their recent trip to Japan. They had all the paperwork they needed. But bureaucracy and scheduling got the better of them. In the…
There are lots of dates that are important to me. Of course, there’s the obvious ones. October 1, my wedding anniversary. July 30, Deb’s birthday. April 6, Caileigh’s birthday. November 23, Keaton’s birthday. February 1, Tara’s birthday. And the birthdays and anniversaries of other family and friends. But there’s also October 17. It’s a weird…
As I was writing about our recent mini Vacation, I remembered another one we had a couple of weeks ago. But it got lost between my week of Woo-Woo and my Fringe posts. We missed the first weekend of the Hamilton Fringe because we were camping. With our friends, Ken and Ramona Mitchell. Who are…
Sometimes the Woo Woo doesn’t happen to you. But it happens around you. When our eldest daughter, Caileigh, was two years old, we let her know that we were expecting another child. We told her that she was going to have a brother or a sister soon. Immediately, she kept referring to the new arrival…
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