Tag Archives: alzheimer’s disease
A Visit from My Dad
Is there a heaven? Oh yeah. It’s the place where dreams come true. John Kinsella: Is this heaven? Ray Kinsella: It’s Iowa. John Kinsella: Iowa? I could have sworn this was heaven. [John starts to walk away] Ray Kinsella: Is there … Continue reading
Let’s Share a Pint for Auld Lang Syne: Padre Steve Remembers 2010
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup ! and surely I’ll buy mine ! And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Second verse of Auld Lang Syne Happy New Year from Padre Steve In his book A Tale of two Cities Charles … Continue reading
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Veterans Day 2010: Counting the Cost of War
“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.” General Robert E. Lee Veterans Day had become a rather somber occasion for me over the past decade and since returning from Iraq in … Continue reading
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We Called Him Sparky: A Baseball Legend Passes Away a Victim of Dementia
Big Red Machine (L-R) Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Sparky Anderson, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose Baseball great Sparky Anderson died today at the age of 76 of complications from dementia a day after being admitted to hospice care in his home … Continue reading
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Passages: Thoughts on My Last Week at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
“Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren’t we all?” Vin Scully “It’s a mere moment in a man’s life between an All-Star Game and an Old-timers’ Game.” Vin Scully “The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ball … Continue reading
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Thoughts on my Dad’s 75th Birthday
The past few days have been weird I have been very busy and due to getting paged in the middle of the night on Saturday and Sunday to go into work have been pretty tired too. As a result I … Continue reading
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A Tangled Mass of Emotions: Dad, the Boss, an ICU Death and the All-Star Game
The Big “A” that I knew I am a mess the past day or so. Not that anything is bad or going wrong it is just that emotionally I am a mess. As I try to get back into normal … Continue reading
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A Death, a Rain Delay and a Visit from Saint Pete
The news the next morning came like a thunderclap, as I was turning off my alarm clock which is located on my cell phone the phone rang to the tune of the Panzerlied which is my default ringer, a good … Continue reading
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