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My Story

  Might as well tell my tale. I'm a product of the 60's and early 70's. Like too many of my generation i made a lot of unwise decisions. But then I rediscovered my faith, and even briefly considered the priesthood. Then I met my wife. We married, and had three children, and I began my career as a teacher. Sadly, my wife developed cancer, and the cancer claimed her shortly after our 12th wedding anniversary. I found myself a single parent with three young children. My sister saved the day. She moved in with us, and helped to raise the children, providing a female figure in their lives. She was their "mother" in so many ways. She provided me with the support we all needed. The children are all grown and on their own now. My sister is still with me. Before she moved in she'd had a failed marriage and a series of failed relationships. She also struggled with emotional and mental issues. Being part of the our family helped to take her mind off her own issues, and t

I Begin Again

  I used to have a blog. I can't figure out how to get back into it, so ... I begin again. I feel like David Copperfield. I begin. Right. I began a long time ago. My mother and father saw to that. But I don't think I fully realized who I was until I had been around for a long time. I remember one day scribbling away when I realized what I was writing would, by the world in which I lived, be considered out of kilter. The kind of thoughts that sometimes make people give me a puzzled look. That was the day I was really born. I scribble, therefore I am.