by TheLoveofMyLife | Oct 21, 2016 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life
It is one thing for me to tell the story of the love of my life, Maureen. It is quite another when your children tell their stories of their love for their mom. On October 21, 2016, our son, Taylor Thompson, told the story of his love for his mom in a moving homily at...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Sep 20, 2016 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life
2 years ago, Taylor, Kyla, Katelyn, Maureen and I were all in Chicago. We had a grand time, watching a Cubs baseball game and a Northwestern football game. We had Chicago style pizza, visited our first apartment, our first house, and the church in which Maureen and I...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Sep 6, 2016 | Love of My Life
As we prepared for our “house photo” with the Carters and our homeowners at the build site at the 33rd Annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Memphis with Habitat for Humanity, our house leader made an innocuous comment. “Look at all the...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Aug 20, 2016 | Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto
I am sitting next to my son, Taylor, officially a senior as of yesterday. Yesterday was the opening chapel of the new school year at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. His sister, Kyla, had entered the chapel first, along with her 9th grade advisory. They both passed...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Jun 3, 2016 | Love of My Life
I am sitting at a poker table in Reno. An empty one. Ironically, I don’t gamble, but for 2 out of the 3 nights each year when we drive from Austin to Lake Tahoe for my annual bike ride with Team in Training for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, we stay in both...
by TheLoveofMyLife | Apr 28, 2016 | Love of My Life
I was shaken to my core. I actually cried for almost 30 miles on US 281 heading back north to Austin from San Antonio. I’ve driven this scenic road so many times from Austin to San Antonio and back. From my trips for Apple business in the 90s to Maureen and my...
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