My son, Daniel, was diagnosed with Autism after my wife (Eileen) noticed many ways that his development differed from our other children. Dan was exceptional in […]
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I was asked to watch two of my grandkids while my daughter was out of town and my son-in-law was coaching a third grandchild at his
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How do you start living single after you’ve been married for over half your life? I don’t want to be alone the rest of my life.
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If you answered yes to that, I have a few ideas as to why that might be true. One reason is that Boomers are the last
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I took as active a role as possible in my children’s lives. Here are a couple of memories from that part of my life where I
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I had a lot of fun last weekend. My brother, Paul, and I went out to a car show in Sycamore, IL, on our bikes to
As a child in school, I was proud when I learned about the accomplishments of my country and the actions that lead to its’ founding. I
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I look back fondly on all the household repair jobs I did with my dad, painting, plastering, plumbing, planting trees, pulling old tree stumps out, re-finishing
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I mentioned in an earlier blog post that, since retirement, I was trying to get to a “respectable” range for my golf and bowling games. I
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