Even though it was almost a month after our actual wedding date(6/17), Ann and I vowed that we were going to renew our wedding vows this year. Yesterday morning, we finally put our words into action by renewing our vows at our church without any problems at all. After all, we had reached a pretty […]
I feel like the luckiest man on earth writing this, with today marking what has been the best 20 years of marriage to the most incredible woman a man could ever ask for in someone like my wife, Ann. As a way to celebrate our super achievement, Ann, our son Eric and I decided […]
On Saturday night, Ann and I enjoyed another of Erics’ shows- A Chorus Line- and as usual it was great. Eric was super too. Playing the part of Greg,Eric sang when he had to but, in my opinion, it was how well he portrayed his character, a 32-year old homosexual man. As Greg, Eric brought […]
On Saturday afternoon, my dear wife Ann thought it would be nice to visit somewhere down by the water(ocean) and spend a few hours together. It was a brilliant ideas as we ended up driving down to the Niantic Bay Boardwalk and taking a nice walk-2 miles total- on what looked like a fairly new […]
Yesterday just before noon, my good friend Mike swung by to pick me up. We then headed over to Charlotte Hungerford where we picked up my brother Steve, before heading down to the Berkshire Cafe for some of their always tasty pizzas. Oh, and we kidded ourselves by ordering and eating some salad as well. […]
I went about doing it this past Monday night at our latest meeting, and because he would head back to UNCSA this past Thursday, I thought that it would be appropriate to talk about how nice it was to have him around for at least one more summer. While Eric worked plenty at a resort […]
Today marks 34 years since my mother passed away at the far too young age of 55. Due to her and dad being such amazing parents to all 10 of us, each one of us has turned out OK. We also have the strength it takes to keep living our lives despite the incredible sorrow […]
This was the theme of my latest speech for our Toastmasters meeting this past Monday night. I used a couple of different phrases, one that I heard and another one that I, myself, used to get into why words, even in very short phrases, could make such an impact. I then went on to talk […]
The title above was also the title of my latest Toastmaster speech this past Monday night. I had waited until the last minute like I often did when looking for something to talk about and then I said, well, I’m gaining weight again. Why not talk about how, at my age(54)it’s pretty important that I […]
This past Monday night, Annette, Eric and I returned from Winston-Salem, North Carolina after helping him clean out his dorm, store away some of his things in one of the storage lockers that they have for students. This was just one of a few things we did on our short trip. For most of the […]
The sun was out and the temperature was around 70 degree, so Ann and I thought it would be a perfect day to take a hike. Little did we know how difficult which, in turn, made this hike a great subject for my next Toastmasters speech. Toastmasters is an organization that operates clubs worldwide promoting […]
I have belonged to this place since it opened back in 2016, and, let me tell you, I plan on sticking around as long as I’m able to. The gym is operated by Kareem and Nina Blue, who offer a class to people with Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and other similar neurological disorders. From […]
It was only a week, but that felt like a month to me as our son, Eric, came back from his school in North Carolina(UNCSA) for spring break with two friends and fellow students,Elise and Ron, and showed them a little bit of Connecticut. They just left last Friday and began making their way back […]
Loving life through humor 