Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Mike Semko became the man of his family when his father died following a house fire in 1930. He was 10-years old. For the rest of his life, "Uncle Mikie" remained the go-to guy for his family, his parish and his country. He enlisted in the Navy in August of 1942, but never spoke about [...]
This weekend, we ate smiley faced pancakes with fresh blueberries, raspberries and chocolate chips. We played pickup baseball, Hedbanz and a loose-ruled version of Family Feud. We took long, slow walks down old country roads. We watched a mother robin feed her baby birds. We sat around a crackling camp fire and listened to frogs [...]
In honor of Memorial Day and in the hope that programs like this will allow us to celebrate the lives and achievements of more veterans, I am sharing my friend Rich's idea. I'm going to let him describe it in his own words.. My name is Rich Roehrick and I am a United States Marine [...]
My friend Jack gave me some good insight on life as we sat on the front porch of our cabin, watching the rain. "I've just been sitting here thinking that everything in life has a purpose," he said, as he swung slowly back and forth on the creaky porch swing. "That's true," I said. "What [...]
With humility, pride and endless gratitude, we thank you for your service.