April 10, 2016
After a partially restorative respite at Casa LuMarFin, my sweetheart and I have returned home to more fully recover from the physical ailments which short circuited our plans for this weekend. It is always with some reluctance that we leave… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2016
It’s almost 9:00 pm. The home of my daughter and her family is mostly quiet. I can hear the dryer running in the laundry room with the regular clank of buttons or zippers against the revolving drum. I can hear… Continue Reading…
April 10, 2016
In some respects the living of one’s life can be described as walking through a long succession of moments, one right after another; each one related to the one before and after it and, therefore, related to the whole. Most… Continue Reading…
June 19, 2014
We will soon be married for 46 years. It’s hard to believe that it has been such a long period of time since it seems to have gone so quickly. I was reminded of the reality of the years this… Continue Reading…
June 17, 2014
I enjoyed sitting next to my daughter in church on Sunday, Father’s Day. There were a couple of things that happened during that time as I observed her holding my 10-day-old granddaughter, Margaret. First of all, I had a sudden… Continue Reading…
June 17, 2014
Since the birth of Margaret Alleene, on June 5, the regular routine of the Dubuque Jeske household has been totally “fly by the seat of your pants” except for one thing. Grammy is camped in the home of our daughter… Continue Reading…
June 9, 2014
She was a bit more than 12 hours old when I first held her. I did not get to hold her on her birthday, though I would have loved to do so. Between her Mommy and her Daddy, her dance… Continue Reading…
June 9, 2014
There is, I think, some sort of mysterious and perhaps mystical connection between a mother and her daughter that is greatly intensified during the daughter’s pregnancy and delivery of a child. I know that it’s foolish for me try to… Continue Reading…
June 1, 2014
Decided to treat my girlfriend to dinner after church today so I took her to the local Red Robin restaurant. We were greeted by the hostess who immediately informed us that there would be a 15 minute wait. Now, confession… Continue Reading…