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Mar 23, 2021
sad happy
On Sunday, Joey got to see her Daddy again for the first time in 5 years. On her side of heaven, I'll bet there was a lot of rejoicing...
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Aug 9, 2016
garden party
After editing our doc for weeks I was in need of a break and our garden was in need of love... fortunately some friends came to help...
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Feb 19, 2016
a week to remember
This has been a week to remember. There have been big parties for little people and small losses with great lessons... and we even had a...
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Feb 5, 2016
the ties that bind
Some things are meant to be. They’re bigger than us. Bigger than coincidence. And the only way you can explain them is... God. I’ve known...
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Jul 12, 2015
a year ago
I woke up today thinking about where we were a year ago today. So I opened up the calendar and saw we were in Alaska...
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Jul 9, 2015
this is the day
No, this is not the day that I would’ve made. But God knows better than I do. He sees the bigger picture. He is writing our story, not me.
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Jun 19, 2015
stage 4 love
Stage 4 cervical cancer. The doctors say there is a 9 cm tumor in Joey’s sigmoid colon. Even though the cancer is now in the colon, they...
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Mar 19, 2015
hawaii five-O
This year, for my upcoming fiftieth birthday, Joey arranged for us all to go spend one week on Oahu and one week on the Big Island.
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Dec 26, 2014
twas the day after Christmas
As we say goodbye to Christmas and start waving farewell to 2014, Joey and I are reminded that for most of the last year, we weren’t sure...
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Aug 12, 2014
internet in heaven
A couple of weeks ago, we took a family trip to Alaska. We were actually part of a music cruise with some other wonderful country music...
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Apr 28, 2014
my uncle Leo
When Uncle Leo comes to visit, he only brings love and joy with him…that and a set of golf clubs. He is filled with life and...
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Apr 22, 2014
joey’s favorite holiday
Christmas isn’t my wife Joey’s favorite holiday, nor is Thanksgiving, Valentine's day... more than any other, it's Easter...
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Apr 7, 2014
just say yes
If you would have told me back then, that that one decision would open the door for all of Joey’s dreams to come true...
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Mar 3, 2014
serving us dinner
Tonight our new friends brought us a meal to fill our stomachs, but it was our hearts that were full when they left.
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Jan 29, 2014
give us a sign
After more than seven years in business, the sign on the front of Marcy Jo’s was in dire need of replacing. I had created it in photoshop ba
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Jan 24, 2014
reading Ina May
My wife’s never really been a reader. I read quite a bit, but that’s not something Joey would normally do. She’s more of a “do“er....
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