Monthly Archives: May 2008

Added Additional Photos

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I added some additional photos in both the Family section as well as my personal photos..  My additions to the personal photo section chronicle more of my early youth.  Man am I getting sentimental these days…

I added an additional photo of my father to the Family section of him on his beloved Farm-All-B (sp) tractor.  This was a few years before he passed away.  I will have many more photos to post later this weekend and in the coming weeks.  I plan to digitize many of the photos that I have around the house and in the photo albums.  I don’t have much that is current, though, as we all hated having our pictures taken, so there won’t be much from later in my parent’s life or many that show me the way that I am today.  So go ahead and enjoy these pictures and I ask that if you have any other photos of any of us, please sent them and I’ll scan them in and post them.

Also, I have been using my Canon MP530 copier/scanner/fax machine to scan the pictures.  This device will allow me to scan several items at a time and then automatically crop out each individual picture for me.  I may tweak the settings on some of the future photos to increase the DPI somewhat, but for the purpose of posting them to the web, there won’t be much appreciable difference.

Again, thanks to everyone…

Family Photo Album

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Yes, as I promised I have (or will have) posted more photos from my family – primarily of my mother and father – and most from before my time.  For the memorial service, I picked a smattering of photos for the viewing.  However, I missed the “treasurelode” of pictures contained in a different bedroom and closet that I think are much better.  So please reminisce over these photos and help fill in the blanks on when and where some of these places were.  I will cherish the memories.

The family photo album will be found here.  And if you have more photos, please forward them on to me and I will scan and post them for all to see.

Thank you.

The rest of my life

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As you may or may not have noticed, all of my old content here has been removed.  Just over a month ago, a traumatic event happened in my life – the passing away of my mother due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).  As some of you know, I was her caregiver for the past six years since the first diagnosis of COPD.  This has caused many ups-and-downs in my life.  This loss has left a gaping hole in by existence – one that I am still in the process of recovering from.

As a result of all of this recent turmoil in my life, I have felt that it would be better to just start over and get a fresh perspective on everything – both in real life and in my online world. The road will be tough and long, but I feel that I will be better once I work my way through my grief and loneliness.

I feel that a fitting quote is one that I included with my sympathy thank you cards:

Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be,
A resting place along the road,
To sweet eternity.

We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We are all meant to learn some things,
But never meant to stay.

Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know,
For some the journey’s quicker,
For some the journey’s slow.

But when the journey finally ends,
We’ll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the Lord.

As I follow the new pathways of life, I am a changed person.  So much in my life has changed considerably in the past month and a half.  I would like to thank you for your thoughts and prayers and keep praying that I find the right path to follow.