Tag: Fathers

• Happy Fathers Day to me

  This year for the first time in my life there is no father to call. No father to send a card to. No father to give an unneeded tie to either. So today has become something of a bummer of a holiday for me. Yet it is a bridge we all must pass in time […]

  Mark

  June 19, 2016

  Life 2016

  Daughters, Death, Fathers, Fathers Day, Meaning

• Eulogy for my father

  Grace: (in Christian belief) is the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings. My sister Mary related an anecdote about my father, who passed away on Monday at age 89. Two days before his death, she had to return to Holy Cross Hospital in […]

  Mark

  February 3, 2016

  Best of Occam’s Razor, Life 2016

  Death, Dying, Empathy, Fathers, Kindness, Love, Relationships

• Not a saint, but saintly

  When I entered his hospital room, I had this strange feeling of déjà vu. It was not so surprising. I had been here before, but it was in 2004 when my mother was in intensive care. I even blogged about it. And here it was ten years later and I was back wandering the halls […]

  Mark

  October 1, 2014

  Life 2014

  Aging, COPD, Fathers

• Gasping for breath

  Age is catching up with my father. At nearly age 88, his mind is willing but his body is not always capable of keeping up. This was obvious to me when we visited him a few weeks ago. We shuffled off to one of the local dining establishments in his oversize retirement community, and shuffle […]

  Mark

  September 21, 2014

  Life 2014

  Aging, COPD, Fathers

• In honor of Fathers Day

  In honor of Fathers Day, this father is taking the day off. However, keeping with the theme of Fathers Day, here are three father related blog entries worth your time if you haven’t read them. My Father the Boy Scout Fathers are necessary And my short story Father’s Day

  Mark

  June 20, 2010

  Life 2010

  Fathers, Fathers Day