by TheLoveofMyLife | Mar 17, 2018 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life
I am privileged to be the father of three amazing kids, Taylor (19), Kyla (16), and Katelyn (almost 14). These three kiddos are the products of the love Maureen and I shared over almost 25 years of marriage, prior to her passing after an on-and-off 11 year battle with...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jun 30, 2017 | Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto
21. “Once in a Lifetime.” A cup of dirt. You might wonder what any of these things have to do with a powdered donut or the fight with cancer for that matter, but they do. I’m on a flight from Minneapolis to New York City, and now seems like a really good time to add...
by TheLoveofMyLife | May 21, 2017 | Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto
I felt a weird tug. An instinct. Something said call. I left a message. After peeking at my friend’s Facebook page, though, I realized I had to call back. Before going any deeper into the next few minutes that unfolded on my phone call this past Friday morning,...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Apr 27, 2017 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life
Several months before the love of my life, my beautiful bride, passed, I began to write love letters. The normal CaringBridge approach of talking about the disease, her cancer, just didn’t seem right to me. After Maureen’s passing, I continued to write,...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Feb 14, 2017 | Love of My Life
Post Co-Published on Mom’s Next Move A Site by J.C. Conklin & Monica Samuels Monica Samuels is a fellow St. Andrew’s parent, with a son in 9th grade, like my daughter, Kyla. As I explore taking my writing from the blog page to book form, Monica has...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Dec 16, 2016 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life
On the way into St. Andrew’s Episcopal School this morning, I was already a little wistful thinking about the fact that this was Taylor’s “last” time to be at Lessons and Carols. Maureen and I have loved this service since he first sang...
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