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York College of PA: A Journey Back

A visit to York College of Pennsylvania brought a flood of memories of the place where I would not only find the love of my life, but I also fell in love with a campus and that city, and, more importantly, all those people I encountered along the way. All those people that helped me, even in the smallest ways; all those people I shared a laugh or a tear with; all those people I studied, partied, and prayed with. All those random, nameless people I encountered in a typical day. I love the way they affected my life, whether I am still in touch with them to this day or not.

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Christmas Magic

While I don’t remember who specifically told me, I remember other details around that moment so clearly, more than 30 years later. It’s odd that I can’t remember whether it was my mom or my older brother standing ahead of me and to the left as we came to the […]

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No Socks, No Shoes, No Pants?

This afternoon, while on vacation on the Outer Banks, we decided to walk out to the point that is near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. From where you park, the remote beach has to be at least a mile or two walk. While we walked, the boys played in the surf […]

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Matthew Turns Five

Matthew entered our lives on a Friday, a day that began pretty normal.  I dropped Ben off at daycare and then Andrea and I grabbed a healthy breakfast of bagels and donuts.  Andrea was already scheduled for a C-section the following Tuesday even before we headed over to the doctors […]

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Count Matthew

Lately, Matthew has been almost obsessed with numbers.  It started soon after Christmas when he kept asking addition problems, like, “Daddy, what is 1 + 5?”  Of course, however, it was Matthews and so it was more like, “Uhm, Daddddy, what is one-uh plus five-uh?”  (We aren’t sure why, for […]