As usual I love your column about the girls…when your Dad heart shows. I check the athletics second. Always interesting.
A side note from a Grandma: my 11 year old and youngest granddaughter has asked me to teach her to sew…we’re having a fine time but I’m an amateur at best. She said last week “Grandma, I hope you are alive when I go to my prom so you can make my dress”. I’m having nightmares about trying to stay around for another 7 years….I’m 84. The years move quickly..too quickly at my age. Continue to cherish ALL the moments with the girls.
John I work 3 days a week as a Marshal at a golf course in Bethany. Every day when I see young adults with dad or mom and dad , I stop and chat with the kids. I as if they appreciate , love their parents. Remind them of the time and effort their parents put in to make their life better. Then I ask them to give their parents a hug and remind them that golf is a sport they can an play with dad forever. I also say how important it is to get to play with my sons and now grand kids. I’m turning 70 and you realize that time is getting shorter and shorter.
Cherish indeed. Just attended my 50th HS reunion for Capuchino HS. 100 people all talking about their kids and grandkids. Sports, music events, etc. Wonderful time.
You know, after reading about my favorite family I didn’t much care about the draft, expansion in Hillsboro or whatever else you wrote about. Important stories for sure but nowhere near as important as taking care of family. You and Anna are great parents. Thanks for sharing John!
How do I score a $100,000 raise over night. Coach football at the collegiate level, I wish that would be fun. For now youth football and cheer them on at the HS.
Once again, you put priorities into words that are right on track. As I grow older, I am becoming more aware that moments need to be cherished, conflicts need to be set aside, and joys need to be sustained.
I remember taking our eldest to LBCC. He was in front driving his pickup and I had a load in our van. The road south from Newberg was a little blurred due to the tears. That same not so young man just became a grandfather on Saturday, one day after his son's 25th birthday. She is also our first great granddaughter. Cherish these days. We have a grandson Dakota the same age as your daughter and grandkids the same age as your younguns.
Thanks for sharing your family with us, John. I was a junior high teacher for many years. The end of the year was always bitter-sweet. Always difficult to send them off to the high school, knowing I would seldom see them again.
As usual I love your column about the girls…when your Dad heart shows. I check the athletics second. Always interesting.
A side note from a Grandma: my 11 year old and youngest granddaughter has asked me to teach her to sew…we’re having a fine time but I’m an amateur at best. She said last week “Grandma, I hope you are alive when I go to my prom so you can make my dress”. I’m having nightmares about trying to stay around for another 7 years….I’m 84. The years move quickly..too quickly at my age. Continue to cherish ALL the moments with the girls.
Love it when you write what you want, when you want. It shows up in the quality of the columns.
These are the Good Old Days. ✊🙂
John I work 3 days a week as a Marshal at a golf course in Bethany. Every day when I see young adults with dad or mom and dad , I stop and chat with the kids. I as if they appreciate , love their parents. Remind them of the time and effort their parents put in to make their life better. Then I ask them to give their parents a hug and remind them that golf is a sport they can an play with dad forever. I also say how important it is to get to play with my sons and now grand kids. I’m turning 70 and you realize that time is getting shorter and shorter.
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Those 3 young girls are going to cherish the times you spend with them so keep it up[.
Cherish indeed. Just attended my 50th HS reunion for Capuchino HS. 100 people all talking about their kids and grandkids. Sports, music events, etc. Wonderful time.
Good dad wisdom😎
Yeah, it's SO true that they're gone way before you know it. They find their own way. It's hard, but it's your job to get them there.
I remember when you wrote the column about dropping your daughter off at college last year. Brought a tear to my eye. This column did the same.
You know, after reading about my favorite family I didn’t much care about the draft, expansion in Hillsboro or whatever else you wrote about. Important stories for sure but nowhere near as important as taking care of family. You and Anna are great parents. Thanks for sharing John!
You bring back fond memories of braiding my daughter's hair - could even do a French braid. and sports was second - BRAVO!
How do I score a $100,000 raise over night. Coach football at the collegiate level, I wish that would be fun. For now youth football and cheer them on at the HS.
As always, I appreciate your authenticity & breadth of topics you cover.
Once again, you put priorities into words that are right on track. As I grow older, I am becoming more aware that moments need to be cherished, conflicts need to be set aside, and joys need to be sustained.
GO DAWGS! 😎
I remember taking our eldest to LBCC. He was in front driving his pickup and I had a load in our van. The road south from Newberg was a little blurred due to the tears. That same not so young man just became a grandfather on Saturday, one day after his son's 25th birthday. She is also our first great granddaughter. Cherish these days. We have a grandson Dakota the same age as your daughter and grandkids the same age as your younguns.
Thanks for sharing your family with us, John. I was a junior high teacher for many years. The end of the year was always bitter-sweet. Always difficult to send them off to the high school, knowing I would seldom see them again.