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Celebrating 50 Years: My Parents’ Love Story
This Sunday, we celebrated my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary at Turf Valley Resort. Today, on June 12, they're officially celebrating 50 years together!!! As a surprise for my mom, my dad wrote a guest blog. I took the liberty of editing it and adding images, subheadings, and a title. Still, the story is all theirs, and it's one for the ages. Meeting in Middle School My first memory of my wife, Denise, dates back to when we were 13. I had actually met her two years earlier, when my mother began taking me to her church. But with her braces, glasses, and slightly pudgy build, she had escaped my notice. Two years later, we attended a church youth retreat with other kids from our church. Not much had changed with her physical appearance. Still, the time we spent there together allowed me to notice a few things about her that I hadn't noticed before. First, I noticed that she was quite talkative. Second, I noticed that she had what I considered to be a funny voice. I can’t quite describe what was funny about ... [ read more ]
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Seven Reasons I Adore My Aunt Debby
Though she still sports the figure of a much younger woman, today is my Aunt Debby’s 71st birthday. You may know her as Debby Reincke, one of Will & Betty’s Darling D’s. Maybe you know her as the former FBI agent, …[ read more ]
• • •Transformed in 10 Minutes: Mom-Mom’s Story
Indomitable woman though she was, my grandmother had feared death since she was forty. Now, at eighty-five, she was dead. She had flatlined in the hospital, and the nurses struggled to revive her. Images of Mom-Mom passing before she was …[ read more ]
• • •Daddy Will, One of My Favorite Veterans
Who’s your favorite veteran? Mine is my late grandfather, whom we affectionately called Daddy Will. As a young man, he served in Army intelligence during the Korean War. On one dangerous mission, he lost most of his men. Many had …[ read more ]
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