I know I’ve been sparse with the posting, but if you’re still checking in, I’d like to ask for some help. A story was sent to us today indicating that police are looking for a man in connection to Mamie’s death.
He is not a suspect, but came into contact with some of her missing posessions, [...]
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If You’re Still Reading
Posted in Family, Prayer Requests on July 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Family Time
Posted in Culture of Death, Family on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With all the busy families in the world, it’s nice to know that some moms still find time to spend bonding with their teenage sons:
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Mothers have lied, spun elaborate alibis and hidden evidence for their gang-member sons. But investigators say Eva Daley went to murderous lengths. Daley, 30, drove her [...]
Home
Posted in Culture of Death, Family on July 9, 2007 | 6 Comments »
After two weeks in Tucson, we’re finally home.
It was a long two weeks. On Friday June 22, as we left to go to Arizona, the autopsy was completed, and the questions about the cause of death were resolved. It was definitively a homicide, and the method was blunt force trauma. Someone, or perhaps more than [...]
Waiting. Wondering.
Posted in Culture of Death, Family on June 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I feel like I’ve been using this blog more for prayer requests than for anything else of late. People seem to keep dying, and in this most recent case of my wife’s mother, the shock is still seeping in.
It’s like an episode of a crime drama, not real life. No real news, just having to [...]
The Death of an American Hero
Posted in Family on June 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Ralph Lewis Emmons, my great uncle, who was a fervent Catholic and an American military hero. He died last night, and his funeral will be on Friday, June 15th – the Feast of the Sacred Heart. His nephew, a priest, will celebrate a traditional Requiem Mass [...]
In Memory: William G. Emmons
Posted in Family on June 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the death of my grandfather, William Emmons.
I still clearly remember some of the events surrounding his death. I was in eigth grade at the time, and I had been to see him at home just a couple days prior, where he was partially paralyzed by a stroke. I had joked with [...]
Getting Rid of Television
Posted in Common Sense, Education, Family, Funny on June 5, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Today is the day.
I’ve toyed with the idea for years, but I’ve also resisted it. For a couple years running, I decided we needed to give up TV for Lent. Those were good Lents. That was the beginning of the end of TV in our home.
We’ve had certain addictions, to be sure. Lost is foremost. Then [...]
Having Roots
Posted in Family, History, The Rural Solution, Tradition on May 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve moved around a lot in my life. I was born in Johnson City, New York, but soon moved. My father was in retail management, and he was transferred often. We relocated about every six months or so until I was age five. We lived all over New York and Pennsylvania until my dad found [...]
The Loss of Family History
Posted in Family, History, Tradition on May 30, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Through an exchange of e-mails I’ve started receiving, following the recent death of my great-uncle, I am watching long out-of-touch members of my extended family unite to piece together my family’s history.
Among the discussion pieces are photos and stories – photos that I have never seen and stories I have never heard. Among the photos [...]
Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
Posted in Catholic, Family, Restoration, Tradition on May 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Feast of the Sacred Heart will soon be upon us. It falls on the Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost, which this year will be June 15th. You have just enough time to prepare for the enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Its feast day, and I urge you to consider [...]
