Dane, I am not sure if you have heard or embraced the story that you are actually a margarita baby. After having Sam and Joelle, I had decided I would like to have a third child in our family. Your Dad was not quite as enthusiastic. Things were already hectic with two children and work. […]
When I first met your Dad, he had a large Buick. It was one of those cars that you expect your grandfather to be driving. It had one large seat in the front, was blue, and I quickly made fun of it. Who in their late 20s and early 30s drives such a beast? Once we started […]
You Dad was not the best handyman out there. One day, he decided to add cable to the room over the garage at our Winding Creek house. He was going to put a TV in there for Joelle, so there could be a sitting area and bedroom area. He had his friend Rick Walker over […]
Daddy was an out of the closet pooper, taking a paper with him and damn proud of it. He always said “why not use company time to do your pooping?”.
One aspect of your Dad’s role as Manager of Production Planning was to help with the annual game plan. This was a name given for setting the future 5-year strategy of the company. Your Dad met with executives to prepare presentations for top level executives with ultimate buy-in by the CEO. These presentations took endless […]
From January to late May of 1988, your dad and I were friends who spent a lot of time together. He pursued me, but I initially didn’t see him as anything more than a friend. On May 2, 1988 — while I was on a much-needed vacation in Cozumel, Mexico — I sent a letter to daddy that contained this photo […]
When Sam and Joelle were little, we had the most wonderful of in-home daycare providers. Her name was Bette Hair of Bette’s Kid Korner, and without her, I am not sure how we could have survived. I know this to be true, because she had retired by the time Dane came along, and it was […]
On Wednesday, I was asked by Rabbi Madway to tell a story that conveys the essence of Jon. Not an easy task. So many people loved Jon. And, no one loved him more than I did. He was everything to me. When we first met in December 1987, Jon was there for me unlike anyone […]
In 1996, McDonald’s introduced a kid’s happy meal toy called the Teenie Beanie Baby. They were a miniature version of the larger Ty Beanie Baby that had become so popular at the time. This small stuffed toy was first introduced in 1991, and became a popular collectible by 1995. To say there was a passionate […]
Today would have been your Dad’s 57th birthday. He was born October 17, 1958, and was two years older than me. He died at age 44. Ironically, his Dad Max (your grandfather) was age 44 when your Dad was born. But enough about dates and years. Your Dad packed a lot of living into those […]
Celebrating Jon 