by TheLoveofMyLife | Mar 14, 2016 | Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto
“Daddy, how did you know you were in love with mommy?” asked my daughter, Kyla, as we drove down from Austin to Mustang Island at Port Aransas this morning. For those that read my writing regularly, you may recall my post last summer, July 2 to be exact....
by TheLoveofMyLife | Feb 12, 2016 | Love of My Life
It all started a couple of Sundays ago. Well, actually, it started a little earlier than that. Let’s go back to the beginning. July 14, 1990. Maureen and my wedding. The love of my life. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, Illinois. In addition to...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jan 29, 2016 | Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto
“Hey dad. There is a full moon today.” My son, Taylor, said this to me several times last Saturday, as he started to raise the walls on his dream, his dream to build a home with Austin Habitat for Humanity in memory of his mom, my bride, Maureen. It was a...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jan 11, 2016 | I Have Been Provoked
1983. September. Freshman year at Northwestern. Although I joined a residential college at Northwestern University, rather than a fraternity, I still remember heading to the rush parties. My dorm room was in the fraternity quad, so the music was going to keep me awake...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jan 5, 2016 | Embracing Uncertainty, Love of My Life
I am on a trail without a map. On August 17, 2014, I reached the trailhead of my writing about the Love of My Life, Maureen. On that day, I wrote the first post of this journey, “Our Story | Not Cancer’s.” For the next 2 months, before I posted each...
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