A Welcome Note...

     Hello Loved Ones of Mine! Welcome to my Blog! I’ve created this as both a gift to you as my dearly beloved family and as a high-tech way to ease my guilty conscience for not having kept a written daily journal throughout my very wonderful and highly event-filled life which I could bequeath to you as part of your family history.

     As your Dad/Pappy, Grandpa, Father-and Grandfather-in-Law (officially titled as such perhaps, but I want all of you to know that I consider Paul, Tanya, Carolina, Devin and Austin just as much my children as the rest of you) I wanted to tell you stories that, first of all, I hope you enjoy reading, but also which might fill in some of the blanks in your knowledge of the varied life-experiences I’ve enjoyed. It always seemed to happen that when we were sitting around at some family gathering and I would mention something or other, it never failed that one or more of you would say something like, “I never knew you did that, Dad.”

     Well, to solve that little problem, here is my long-desired attempt to tell you some of the things that I would have captured in a journal, if I had ever had the discipline to keep one. I hope you enjoy this little offering and also hope that this will also begin a dynamic conversation between us that will become fun and exciting to all of you. I look forward to seeing your comments and reactions as I tell my story.

     This, for me, is a true labor of love – because I truly love and adore each one of you. It is, from me to you, a legacy of love.