Sunday column
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Mother’s Day During the Coronavirus
Mother’s Day 2020 – Good luck guys! The reason I wish “guys” good luck is because, I feel, it’s usually up to the husband (or significant other) to come up with the ideas until the children reach a certain age. And this year it’s a challenge. With “social distancing” some of the usual ideas are…
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Triggering Memories
Have you ever had a totally random event trigger off a memory of a friend or loved one who has passed away? I mean a memory that is so sharp you can see it, feel it, hear it —- maybe even smell it or taste it? I’m not talking about the approach of the holidays…
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Would I Be Rude?
Would I be rude if I didn’t go back to shaking hands? I was thinking about this today. I wonder when we’ll go back to normal and I wonder if normal will change. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the medical expert we’ve seen so much of, was on a Wall Street Journal podcast this week when he…
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Adapt and Adjust
This is not exactly how we planned it. The plan was for me to come down to Virginia Beach to take care of my grandson once my daughter went back to work. It would give me something to do and I like to think it was easier for her to leave a, at the time,…
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Just Washing My Hands
Time to weigh in on the major story in our lives – the Corona Virus. I made a post on Facebook the other day how a part of me missed being on the air and covering this major story but then I showed a picture of my sleeping grandson and realized I was right where…
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It’s Good To Be Back Home
I took a vacation and came home yesterday. Kat and Matt are on Spring Break and they went down to Virginia Beach to see their sibs and their nephew. They also said they’d take care of Liam for me so that I could come home for the first time in two months. It’s good to…
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Too Much Noise!
I sat down to write this morning and discovered that there is just so much going on. How can I choose “one” thing? Then I noticed that the reason I couldn’t come up with one topic is maybe because there’s too much noise. I don’t mean that literally, I’m actually in a very quiet home…
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Feeling Inspired
My son Doug and I have a Friday night ritual. For those who may not know, I’m staying at Doug’s house while his wife, Marla, is on deployment and I’m taking care of my grandson Liam while his parents are at work. Doug and I are living the bachelor life and every Friday night we…
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A Good Night’s Sleep
Something incredible happened this week! I think it was Tuesday night when I went to bed in my home-away-from-home here in Virginia Beach at my son Doug’s house. I SLEPT ALL NIGHT! Now I know that I’m down here taking care of my grandson and we get excited whenever a baby sleeps all night, but…
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Sometimes I Wonder
I find my mind wanders while I’m giving my grandson a bottle or while he’s sleeping in my arms. Number one, there’s no better feeling, but I find myself wondering about what his life will be like. Will he spend the spring and summer on a ball field while his mom and dad pack a…
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