On a post on his Facebook page, Dan Rather writes powerfully and likens Khizr Khan’s speech at the DNC and his questions to Donald Trump as a moment of historical significance akin to the “Have you no sense of decency sir?” question Joseph Welch put to Senator Joe McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954. …
Tag Archives: Family
A lift
Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of my brother John Kevin’s death. He was 16 at the time and drowned in an accident at a public pool where he served as a life guard. I had the desire to work on some sweet, light and joyous. How’s this?
Reunion!
Squee!!! Happiness is having your BFF since childhood in the house! And of course, at Dinner at The Columbia.
Too young
Today would have been my brother Shawn’s 61st Birthday. He died at 46, way too young to cancer. But thankfully, during his all-too-brief time on Earth, he inspired me so much… How to compete, play fair, be smart, use numbers, be judicious, have a decent temperament, have a great work ethic, and have persistence. In …
Seven years ago…
Hard to believe, seven years ago I took my last trip to a military base as a Blue Star Mom! I was welcoming home eldest son from another tour in Iraq. So glad that was it! So proud that, despite my parental weaknesses and missteps, they are both truly standup guys.
Bros ‘N Mo Weekend
First off, yes, I actually did entitle this that. Second off, what a great weekend! Two of my brothers jetted down for a visit for musican-brother Barry’s birthday. It was a last-minute, spur-of-the-moment thing arranged by cellphone while I was in Publix grocery shopping last weekend and took the form of a multi-day, multi-city hoparound for …
Why War Sucks, Reason #918,476,198,479
This image is borrowed from the Facebook post by @Karthik Subramanian – A photograph that moved the world! “In Iraq, a little girl drew a picture of her mother on the floor of her orphanage. She carefully took off the shoes, lay down on mother’s chest and fell asleep… I really don’t know how to …
Aggrandize the damage
Growing up as a middle child (seventh of nine), I was the queen of hand-me-downs and leftovers. I also got left at stores more than once as my mother shepherded the rest of the kids into the old blue dodge station wagon not realizing one little chickadee was playing quietly alone in some corner of …
Walsh Family Crest
So a couple of years ago I painted our family crest for one of my brothers for Christmas. Thanks to a great photo, it’s available as notecards, prints and even acrylic and metallic prints through the online gallery I work with, FineArtAmerica.Com . My maiden name is Walsh, my dad wore a gold ring with …