Going, Going...

You know that when they hit a certain age,
they don't want anymore kiddie stuff. And then they aren't interested in Coke as much as Cabernet, they still talk but it's not about all the toys they want, but about that special boy.
When that special boy is 20, he's a man. Your little girl is a young woman.
Everyone seems to see it before you do...(in fact people thought she was 18 four and five years ago...thanks for the warning!)
But when you finally see it all you can think of is, where did the time go?

She's officially 18 and has already done voting women everywhere proud.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Day One

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EGAN!!!

Congrats to my brother Alan's who became a grandfather

when his youngest son,

Robert Alan became a proud father

July 17th!

Bad De Ja Vu

When we were planning Dad's 70th birthday, he had a heart attack on March 3rd. The medication arrested the potential damage to the heart. In 1% of cases, it causes bleeding somewhere in the body.
Dad complained of a headache for two days until they realized his cranium was filling with blood from an aneurism. He was comatose for over a week.
In five years, he's made a remarkable recovery and had even been able to read, drive and go back to work. We were all grateful for the time we got to spend with him as he recovered.

This year, we were planning Dad's 75th birthday party in April. Then the call came last night.

"Dad's had a stroke. It doesn't look good. They've already called in the priest."

I'm on my way to the hospital with my sister. I'll be writing offline and posting here as able. We're hoping for the best and expecting the worst.

I don't want to plan any more birthday parties.