Tag: father
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Beef jerky grief
Last week, June 14, was the 10-year anniversary of my dad’s death. I felt fine leading up to the day and even after my uncle and grandpa arrived in town for the weekend. My uncle, grandpa and I went to Manhattan, Kansas, and for the first time in 10 years, I visited my dad’s gravesite.…
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Deja Vu…
Today we had a family dinner. We try to have one about every month or so. I love when we have them on Sundays because Sundays were always the “family day” growing up. We would go to church in the morning and then the rest of the day was usually spent with just the four…
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One Generation To The Next
This post will probably be shorter, since I’m on my phone and don’t have my keyboard and tend to say slightly less when that happens. But this was something I started to write for somewhere else and decided it would be better suited here. My grandma passed away earlier tonight. The above picture was in…
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Memorial Day Thoughts
Last night, I did some beta-reading for a friend of mine and then went to bed. Although that doesn’t usually bode well for my sleep, I did it anyway. If I read anything before bed, I have to have a time of unwinding, which is usually just listening to music and thinking about what I…
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The Father’s Opinions
Yesterday, I could barely figure out what I wanted to blog about. Today, I’ve had two ideas for blogs. I’ll probably do the other one as a scheduled post so be on the lookout for another blog probably tomorrow. 😉 Since I had yesterday off, I did my “Monday” client today, which meant “Lunch with…
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