Category: Memorials

• Solstice Thoughts: Footsteps in History Aren’t Made Sitting Down

  My friend Michelle blogged about a young girl who lost her battle with cystic fibrosis last week, and I was… Read more.

• Happy Birthday, Mom

  Happy Birthday Mom. You would have turned 82 today, and not a day goes by that I don’t think of… Read more.

• The Significance of the Tree

  When we moved last May, we debated about whether to bring our old tree with us. We bought it back… Read more.

• Celebrating the Life of Jenn See, Through My Eyes, 1 Year Later

  It was a year ago today that I learned of the life and death of Jenn See. I was reading… Read more.

• Ode to Mom

  We buried Mom today. It was a beautiful service, and we had our entire family back at our new house… Read more.

• On the Passing of My Mother

  Eileen Westervelt, May 12, 1926 — May 17, 2007 I don’t think I have ever been so sad, yet so… Read more.

• More than a feeling: The Death of Brad Delp

  Last weekend, I celebrated my 42nd birthday, and my wife gave me an iTunes gift card as one of my… Read more.

• On the passing of Donald Murray

  It’s hard to imagine any writer not being influenced in some way by the now-late Donald Murray, even if the… Read more.

• Brett T. Bailey: February 6, 1973 — September 11, 2001

  When I decided to join the 2,996 project, I found myself once again torn emotionally by the events that happened… Read more.

• The Death of Jenn See Illuminates the Evolution of Love

  to a mix of 127 JT songs… I did not know Jenn See. She died at such a young age… Read more.