Stories

I miss my dad. I miss my mom. I miss my Panda Mini Pro-Am BMX bike, and I miss 1982. I miss coming home from school and eating two packages of Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls and washing them down with a glass of ice cold whole milk, because I could. There were no such … Continue reading What I Miss

When I was a child, my family would travel. No wait. That’s not it. Let’s try again. When I was a child I walked like a child, I talked like a child. Hold on. That’s not it either. One more time. When I was a child my family sent me to the greatest summer camp … Continue reading He Was in Heaven Before He Died*

In the summer of 2006, I was working with a youth group and took them to Cleveland for  a work trip. During that week, we worked with Habitat for Humanity, served in a homeless shelter and lived in "intentional community". (That means we gave up junk food, sodas and flip phones, saving parents roughly $300 … Continue reading Cleveland ROCKS!

This is not a post about Kenny.  It's a post about Alice, and her restaurant. Not really. *** My dad was not a funny man. I take that back.  He was not funny when he tried to be.  He was not the guy at the party who would hold court, telling stories and jokes, everyone … Continue reading You Picked a Fine Time…

So, I love my doctor. The guy is great.  I've seen him pretty much since we moved to Georgia, and I love the guy. Calls it like he sees it and has a great sense of humor. (Or at least my kind of humor.) Example: For whatever reason, I have a really low resting heart … Continue reading I’m not a doctor, but …

I wrote last week about turning 50, about being grateful for what's behind me and looking forward to what's in front of me.  There is a lot I am looking forward to, but today, I am thinking of one date in particular. June 6, 2023. I can't wait for June 6, 2023. What's so special … Continue reading Looking Ahead

It's been a while, but there is a new post at http://www.patrickday.org. Read, comment, and share as you like. Thank you.

Silky's Sports Bar was one of my favorite places to hang out.  They had great cheese-steaks, 1 lb burgers, and they served green eggs and ham on March 17th.  It was a two-story building and a with a balcony.  If I got a seat at the railing, I could see every television in the place.  … Continue reading Take THAT!

20 years ago, the most beautiful set of blue eyes I have ever seen said to me, "I do".  Since then, wherever we have been, as long as I've been able to look into those eyes, I have been home.  We have added three more sets of those eyes over the years, and anywhere I've … Continue reading Home

Last week I wrote about Roger Staubach and visiting the NFL Hall of Fame.  The event was amazing, and I felt like a kid again walking through the museum. As I mentioned I grew up a Steelers fan and was eight years old again when I saw the bust of Mean Joe Greene.  How I … Continue reading Hall of Fame and Heroes