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For it’s Hi! Hi! Hey! on a 90th birthday and the neighbors keep rolling along
On the day before his 90th birthday party, our neighbor Doug popped into our garage. “Can I borrow your leaf blower?” he asked Vinnie, who had been assigned to clean his father’s work bench. “Sure,”...
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God bless our soldiers
With humility, pride and endless gratitude, we thank you for your service.
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Happy Memorial Day from Jack, Molly B and Me
My friend Jack gave me some good insight on life as we sat on the front porch of our cabin, watching the rain. “I’ve just been sitting here thinking that everything in life has a purpose,” he said, as...
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Rebuild: An idea worth noting
In honor of Memorial Day and in the hope that programs like this will allow us to celebrate the lives and achievements of more veterans, I am sharing my friend Rich’s idea. I’m going to let him...
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Land of the free because of the brave
This weekend, we ate smiley faced pancakes with fresh blueberries, raspberries and chocolate chips. We played pickup baseball, Hedbanz and a loose-ruled version of Family Feud. We took long, slow walks...
View ArticleFaith, courage, service true
Mike Semko became the man of his family when his father died following a house fire in 1930. He was 10-years old. For the rest of his life, "Uncle Mikie" remained the go-to guy for his family, his...
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On a busy Friday afternoon at O'hare Airport, my sister Kathy and I joined a gathering crowd at a south facing window. Soon Terminal Five shut down almost completely and we all -- gate agents, pilots,...
View ArticleThe three gifts of Memorial Day
Blessings on this Memorial Day, America! It's been a challenging few months and you might be wondering how we'd celebrate this particular holiday with no parades, glib sales or cemetary ceremonies....
View ArticleIn honor of Staff Sergeant Matt Hermanson
Matt Hermanson surprised everyone when he enlisted in the army right out of high school. The youngest of three brothers, he did not even tell his family until two weeks before he had to report for boot...
View ArticleRolling on a river
Tina Turner scored a happy weekend for us as we welcomed summer by rolling down the river with our own proud Mary and the gang. We “never do nothing easy though” and that river was cold! But, not as...
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