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I forgot my anniversary. Well, one of them. December 18 is when Laura and I met, October 31 is the day we got married, and February 23 is the day our marriage was consecrated in the church (as in, legally wed according The Church). I can’t tell you how long we’ve been…
Several days ago Laura was putting Ciárán (age 5) to bed. As she was tucking him in she said “I love you more than anything in the world.” His reply? “Is that all you got?”
Last week I quit my “day job” which had morphed into my early morning, day, and evening job. Working from home has been a blessing and a curse, and I wouldn’t trade it in for anything. What I was doing, however, simply wasn’t working. I used to (still a difficult phrase to get used…
I had a completely different post set up for today, but in light of today’s events, I felt the need to comment. Earlier today another school shooting took place. Children as young as Kindergarten were murdered. What I do want to say first is my heart and prayers go out to all affected. Not just…
What a loss. I had been contacting Qwest, then subsequently Century Link (after the corporate buy out) with regards to our internet service for a long while. Years, probably. The service has been spotty, cutting out at apparently random times. After several service calls, technician visits, repair orders, and years of frustration, we…
Had we realized Friday had been spayed just 2 days prior to being available we probably would not have adopted her. Still, it is important to demonstrate follow through and commitment to my kids (as well as simply following through on accepting responsibility) which is how this story should be considered. The other day,…
Thanksgiving was rather eventful this year. My son Kyle came home from college for a few days. I had planned on getting a picture of all 5 kids together, but somehow the time slipped away and I didn’t take one picture of any of the kids. I’d have loved to have gotten a picture of…
“Dad?” I could tell this was going to be an unusual question. Ciárán, age 5 and Xavier, age 2 were sitting at the table eating lunch. Usually when Ciárán says something during lunch it’s a statement. “Did you put jelly on my sandwich?” “No, why?” This is a major point of contention. Ciárán likes cheese…
{EAV:4a4471bb4fa558a0} My wife, August (age 9) and I were talking early Saturday afternoon in the front room. I don’t remember what we were discussing. Nothing terribly important. The topic of choices and sacrifices came up. My wife asked August if he had to chose which to give up, would it be video games or…