4 posts tagged “life”

The McFreeds report...

We are off to a day long workshop on gay and lesbian adoption this morning. The true first step to our becoming parents at some point hopefully in the next 3 years!  We know its just a workshop and they don't hand you a kid on the way out the door, but it is a way for us to truly launch ourselves into one of our passions in life... to be lucky dads to a great kid!  Stefan gets to be Dad while Sean wants to be Papa in honor of his grandfather.

Gay Dads on Parade!

Sean says...

A day brings many things. The people I love it seems all had a varying number of emotions and experiences today. My friends Bryan and Erin had a new baby boy to run along side their toddler Ben. Stefan and I sent them flowers. One of my best and most enduring friends, Josh, had his mother lose her battle with melanoma after many years of struggle. Stefan and I sent them our prayers and a hug. My friend Cindy told me about new love and hope in her heart.  I gave her a voice of reason but she saw the same giddiness in her heart anyway behind the words of caution. My sister Mikelle struggled valiantly through a small medical procedure.  I hope I made her laugh and she felt my love for her through the phone.  She is a strong and wise woman for being my little sister and I know she fears nothing.   Such extremes today, but a microcosm I guess of what happens every day in our world. 

What are some things that are worth (and not worth) spending money on? 
Submitted by pinejar.

The one thing worth spending money on is a vacation. No matter how much it costs, the return on memories and having experienced it yourself is priceless.

Sean says...

When my Nanny passed in 1995, I pondered during my eulogy of her what she would say at that very moment. "Well it's something different anyway!" was her catch phrase that had all of us wondering if she really did like or dislike something when asked. It frustrated and delighted us when she said it!  The mention alone of that phrase brought smiles and guffaws at the buriel site during a time of mourning. It was then that I realized that memory is much stronger than death as long as the memory is passed on. It is through memory that someone is celebrated as they should be regardless of how they were or who they were.

And therefore, Stefan and I will from time to time post stories or at least make notes about the people in our lives and talk about them as they are or were so they will always be remembered. In addition, Stef and I are posting some of these stories in our Ancestry.com site so that the memories of our family members will be passed on! 

For instance Stef just found a long forgotten great aunt that died at age 1 after immigrating to this country in 1914 (or something). Riva is now remembered again!

In that spirit, I want to mention my great uncle Milton and my friend Tim's daughter Elena.

Milton passed Sunday, July 22 at the age of 79. He was my Nanny's brother - one of 13 siblings she had.

Elena, on the other hand, was born Thursday, July 19 to her parents Tim and Roxanne. Tim was my roommate in college and friend of 18 years. Congrats to them!  Let the memories begin!