I In Memory of Bob McSwiggan It was the worst weekend I’d ever had. I had sold my flight school and was rudderless, floating without a job and in the middle of a divorce. What was I going to do with myself? An FAA inspector told me he had given my resume to Bob McSwiggan withContinue reading “In Memory of Bob McSwiggan”
Category Archives: aging
Bladder Cancer, Part II
May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, and I had intended to post daily about this disease that affects about 18 out of every 100,000 people in the United States. When the cancer is limited to the lining of the bladder, the five-year survival rate is 96%. If the tumor is still confined to the bladder butContinue reading “Bladder Cancer, Part II”
Bladder Cancer – A Family Experience
The memory of my grandfather standing in our powder room struggling with his ileostomy bag is indelibly printed in my brain. My grandparents had come to visit with my parents and the bag had leaked. PawPaw never had a cross word for anyone and he didn’t talk much. Andy always said PawPaw was a lot like God. He didn’tContinue reading “Bladder Cancer – A Family Experience”
What am I going to do with my Dad?
When your parent wanted to be cremated and scattered, but you can’t do it…
Revising my father’s eulogy
I began the eulogy by saying the Webster Marlowe his friends in Palatka knew was not the same man I knew as my father. I think I truly believed that until last Sunday, before I received a call from Patty. Sunday started out like any other. We woke up, showered, and went to choir rehearsalContinue reading “Revising my father’s eulogy”
Dr. Suzanne Minarcine 