The young lady in the picture with me is my cousin Cathi Eifert. The event was her wedding in July of 2004. I had the privelge of walking her down the aisle for her marriage to Kurt Eifert. Cathi is the youngest cousin on my Dad’s side of the family and I am the oldest. [...]
It has been a weekend of extremes. A wedding and a memorial service in the same day. Friday, I worked from 6:30 AM to 11:30 AM, then drove up to Mt. Hood and dropped off a group of high school guys for a backpack trip (3 hour trip), then went to a wedding rehearsal. After [...]
I was just leaving a comment on my dear friend Kellys’ blog and I started to cry. It had nothing to do with her blog, all though we miss her and Scotty terribly. Yesterday I came from work and found that one of my 19 year old sons’ friends had hung himself. Dan said that [...]
Nineteen wonderful years ago today Daniel Scott Richards was born. Just a year into our marriage came a wonderfully bright, creative, person. It has been encouraging to see him go from a relatively helpless babe to a huge strapping man. He thinks for himself and has challenged me many a time to consider why I [...]
It was 20 years ago today Not the day that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, but that Ruth Ann and I got married. It was the best day of my life because it gave me someone to talk to, to share with, to cry with, to rejoice with and to love unconditionally. Not [...]
