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”
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Bladder Cancer – A Family’s Struggles
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’s Struggles”
Facing my fears plus other observations on Ghana
We got up early today and traveled out to the Kakum National Park. No one will believe this but I am TERRIFIED of heights. I have been obsessing over the rope bridge at Kakum National Park since our very first planning meeting. One way or another, I was going to do it. Anyone who knowsContinue reading “Facing my fears plus other observations on Ghana”
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 