A NEW JOURNAL ENTRY: THE HONEYMOON
For other entries, including: Christmas Sweater ~ Mystery Pictures ~ Florida Friends ~ The Breakfast Club: Cousin Lisa ~The Purple Scarf, Colors, What Would Dad Say, Try Everything, I AM, A LOT LIKE ME, Angels are Real, Remembering Them at Christmas, My Little Angel, It Can Happen For You, and Life is Good, scroll this page
The Honeymoon
The Back Story:
We always had a lot going on. Our schedules often conflicted. While I was working my job which included many evening, weekends and holidays, Lori kept her schedule full with any number of jobs and projects. …
The Christmas Sweater
As far back as I can remember, Lori enjoyed the holidays. More specifically, she liked to dress for the part. For Valentines Day, she would always wear red. For St. Patricks Day, she wore green. …
Mystery Pictures
We have so many devices today that we often forget what it was like not too long ago. Today, we take pictures on our phones. We always have them with us and we can capture moments as they happen. …
Florida Friends
Over the years, I have spent a lot of time talking about Lori and demonstrating how much Lilly takes after her Mom. There are so many things to still talk about to connect those dots, however today, I thought I would tell a little different story. …
The Breakfast Club ~ Cousin Lisa
The Breakfast Club was the name of the morning show that I hosted while working in Florida. It was a news and talk show. It started as a duo with me and Scott and then eventually Lori found her way on to the show. …
Book #2
At one point, many of the things around the house had labels on them. White rectangular stickers with Lori’s handwriting identifying different items. A group of drawers were labeled with things like scissors, glue, pipe cleaners, googly eyes amongst others. …
The Purple Scarf
The story of the purple scarf is not my story. I found it in one of Lori’s notebooks. The story started and stopped many times throughout the notebook. In between, there were lists for grocery shopping, questions for doctors, information about clinical trials, random sketches and much more. …
Colors
The two of us walked into a restaurant and were seated. The waitress came by and introduced herself. She was non-descript in appearance, her inflection was low, her energy was average at best. Her expression was neither happy and fun nor was it angry or frustrated. …
What Would Dad Say
Being a Bills fan can be fun. Most of the time it is probably frustrating or disappointing. But right now, it is fun. There is something about this team or maybe the city of Buffalo that finds it necessary to torture its fan base. …
Try Everything
When I met Lori, I saw her as a fun, outgoing team member working at Disney World. Always smiling, always happy, always caring, always looking to take care of the people around her so that they were smiling and happy. …
I AM
I was skimming through the notes on my phone where I keep quotes from Lilly. She always manages to say something that makes me smile. Many times, when she gets me to react, she starts to point at me and says something like “That’s the look I’m talking about”. …
A Lot Like Me
Lori and her Mom took Lilly to the White Water Center for the Duck Races. A Saturday outing for fun. Her bag packed with all of the usual items for a day out. Lilly was four, so the stroller was loaded into the car along with a big bag packed with food, drinks, toys and books. …
RV Crazy
Last summer, Sheri Lynch, from our morning show Bob & Sheri took a family cross country vacation in an RV. Loaded up with her husband, her kids, his kids, and a couple of extended family members, they toured the US and documented through social media all of their adventures. …
Angels Are Real
A couple of weeks ago, on a Monday morning, I arrived in at work just as I do on any other morning. I parked my car, retrieved my laptop and proceeded to my office. As I entered the building and passed by a couple of co-workers, I greeted each with a healthy "Good Morning". …
Remembering Them at Christmas
We just finished my annual Christmas Party at the house. It was another great event with the family's of my promotions team. The wonderful energy that comes from this group makes the night special. …
My Little Angel
As I sit here today, I am looking around the room and seeing the Christmas decorations set up inside and outside the house. Time is going by fast. Thanksgiving has already come and gone and our ice rink uptown is up and running. …
Happy Anniversary
Well, happy Anniversary. I couldn't help but think that the best way to spend our wedding anniversary would be to listen to Lori talk. So today I am posting another "Living For Today" radio show with your host, Lori Lyn along with Teresa Beverly.
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It Can Happen For You
After strolling around the house on a Saturday Morning trying to wake up, trying to decide what projects I would be doing, I stood in the kitchen near the counter. I called into the family room, "Lori, what do you want…" I stopped mid sentence. …
Life is Good
I have been holding on to this story for about 8 months. In my head, I can hear this story as a song, but after several tries, I have yet to be able to put the right rhyme or find the right chorus that tells it the way I am hearing it.
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Living for Today
I don't think I have started a journal entry with as much on my mind as I have today. And yet as I begin to type, I'm not sure of what I am going to say or how I am going to tell this story. It started a couple of weekends ago for me.
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When You Least Expect It
Every Tuesday night, Lilly has religion classes. Now in second grade, she will make her first communion in the spring. Although she may not fully grasp what that means, she does understand one very important part. …
Memory Chain
It's interesting to think about how we maintain memories. Some of them stay with us forever, others come and go and then some just seem to go. And no matter what we do, we can't seem to get them back. …
Things Remembered
Lilly has been missing Lori a lot this summer. Being around family and friends has probably triggered memories of her Mom and she is processing them differently than before. Rather than asking the questions of why she is in heaven, Lilly has been saying that she doesn't want her in heaven any more. …
Right There With You
March, 2012
I was driving with Lilly. I don't recall where we were going, or where we were coming from. We were listening to the radio. Lilly was talking to me on and off, mostly on for the better part of the ride. …
My You
Lilly asked me recently, "Why did God want Mommy to go to heaven because she is so nice?" There are several variations of this question that Lilly has asked me randomly over the last two years.
In the fall of 2009, not long after a surgery, Lori was in line at a gas station. …
Lori’s Words
Last weekend I was cleaning upstairs in the bonus room. A chore that has been ongoing for the better part of two years. It is a project that is always two steps forward, three steps back. I have told you before about the countless treasures that await me each time I venture into a cleaning project. …
Christmas Angel
Early November. How do you know it’s getting close to Christmas? The first sign is when my Mother or Mother-In-Law call and ask for a list of ideas for me and Lilly. While Christmas is a happy time of the year, when families and friends come together to share good cheer, it is also a difficult time for me. …
She Really Made Me Laugh
Attention All Parents! At one time or another your children have done something, or said something that makes you smile. Other times, they do something or say something that makes you angry. There are times when they do something or say something that makes you cry. …
Bring Your Mom to Lunch
The week before Thanksgiving, I got the note sent home from school that I have been dreading for a year and a half. It was an invitation to "Bring your Mom to Lunch". This story was inspired by the events of that day.
Forty Four
I parked the car in the parking lot of the hospital. I was very aware of my surroundings. I had been here dozens of times. My actions were robotic. I pulled into the same spot I had pulled into a number of times. …
The Friendship Tree
Has it really been seven weeks since I last posted here? A lot has happened over the past weeks, many of which I have posted pictures. Taste of Charlotte was a great success, thank you to everyone who helped support the event. …
What Would Mommy Say When...
Over and over again Lilly will ask me, "What would Mommy say when..." (fill in the blank). It could be about anything. "Daddy, what would Mommy say when I was 5 years old?" Or "Daddy, what would Mommy say when I would run around the house in my underwear?"
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All About the Flowers
Lilly will sometimes ask me, “what is your favorite season Daddy?” I usually answer by telling her what I like about each one. “I like winter because of the snow and Christmas, I like spring because of all of the flowers, I like summer for swimming and vacations and I like fall because of the cooler weather, the changing of the leaves and football season.”
Is it a Sign
Everyone wants a sign. I want a sign. Something significant. I've heard or read or seen on TV the type of signs where the wind blows or a bird flies by and the person talks about how they received a sign from a loved one. …
The Snowflake
There are days or I probably should say nights when I am sitting in my chair in the family room, Lilly in bed, and me wide awake. Too much time to think about too many things, so I often open my laptop and my first stop is always this website. …
The Bear, The Candle and The Box (part 2)
The next few weeks would go by quickly. They always have in the past, I just expected them to be slower this year. The holidays have traditionally been a wonderful, happy time for all of us and I feared disappointing Lilly with my inability to meet the lofty standards that Lori set in place. …
The Bear, The Candle and The Box (part 1)
Since my last journal entry was at the end of November, and now it is January 2011, it seems like a very long time since I last sat down to type. Certainly not for a lack of interest. Every day I think about Lori, and the Holidays were certainly no different. …
Emily's Story
Thanksgiving weekend is just winding down as I sit here tonight. It was a good weekend in spite of me having to work quite a bit. Our outdoor ice rink kicked off our seventh season with some drizzle on Thursday and Friday, but much nicer weather on Saturday and Sunday. …
Halloween 2010
Halloween this year started about a month ago. Even though Lilly didn't trick or treat last year, she seemed more educated than ever about the holiday. She is generally a very enthusiastic child and she absolutely shares Lori's creativity and imagination.
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Lilly's Dream
Today is November 1st, the day after Halloween. I had planned to write here sometime this week, expecting to tell the tales of Lilly's costume or costumes, which you can see by clicking here. But something happened today that has changed this journal entry. …
September 30, 2010
Today is mine and Lori's 10 year wedding anniversary. Needless to say, I miss her so much. I wanted to share a story from the other night. After putting Lilly to bed, going through the same nightly ritual of reading books, tucking her in and making sure that all of her "friends" (stuffed animals) were in place, I said good night.
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Comments from Me
Well, I'm pretty excited about getting this website launched and tonight will be the night. Over the past several months, I have gone through a variety of emotions regarding Lori, but each time, I end up back to thinking about how wonderful and lucky I am to have been able to spend so many years with her.
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Finished Lori Video
I have been working on a video of Lori for the past several weeks. I knew that I couldn't launch this website without it. Today I finished it. You have to love final cut express. The process was much easier than it could have been. …
Making a Website
I first thought I would make Lori a Memorial Website using one of the many sites that are available. After looking into it, I thought about how I would rather have everything about Lori together with everything else about our family. …
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