Tag Archives: family

RIP Rip

Posted on September 3, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I spent the front part of last weekend in New Jersey … but it wasn’t a “fun” trip. I went to honor a friend and support his family. Ron Rippey died Aug. 26 at the age of 70 … an … Continue reading →

Posted in celebration, encouragement, family, Memories, relationships | Tagged celebration, children, conversation, DPchallenge, Emerson Boozer, encouragement, Faith, faith, family, Friends, Joe Casey, Joe Siccardi, Memories, Newspapers, Paterson News, relationships, RIP | 6 Comments

The Maine Thing

Posted on August 16, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Those of you who know me either personally or through this blog know I have this fascination with Maine. Over the past six years I have trekked to the Pine Tree State well over a dozen times and have visited … Continue reading →

Posted in family, growing old, Maine, Memories, observations, relationships, travel | Tagged change, DPchallenge, driving, family, growing old, Maine, Memories, moose, observations, relationships, travel | Leave a comment

Five Minute Friday — Tell

Posted on August 15, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to carve out five minutes for some focused, yet free-flowing writing along with the crew at Five Minute Friday, a free write with no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write. {okay, we … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, Five Minute Friday, stories | Tagged Blogs, communication, conversation, DPchallenge, encouragement, Faith, faith, family, five minute Friday, sharing, stories, writing | 4 Comments

Free Range Thoughts

Posted on August 4, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Well, I’m back from a nearly 800 mile weekend excursion to New Jersey. I thought I’d share some of the moments gleaned from the free range of my mind. Things I didn’t do … Go sightseeing. Usually, my journey to … Continue reading →

Posted in celebration, family, love, Memories, New Jersey, observations, relationships, squirrels, travel | Tagged celebration, DPchallenge, driving, family, Friends, Garden State Parkway, Humor, Laughter, love, Memories, New Jersey, observations, Paterson, relationships, squirrels, stories, travel | Leave a comment

Love! Love! Love!

Posted on August 2, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

If you heard a loud raucous roar coming from the Brownstone Inn in Paterson, NJ, this afternoon, it wasn’t a rowdy riot … it was a loving celebration that may have raised some decibel levels a little bit past normal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Birthdays, celebration, encouragement, family, joy, love, relationships | Tagged 100th birthday, Birthdays, celebration, DPchallenge, encouragement, family, inspiration, joy, love, Memories, Paterson, relationships | 7 Comments

Driverless Cars

Posted on July 30, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I haven’t really felt like writing much lately. In fact, I haven’t really felt like doing much of anything lately. But this morning as I was surfing the Net, I came across a feed saying the Brits are planning to … Continue reading →

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I Survived

Posted on July 17, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I think the grandkids should get together and buy me a t-shirt … “I Survived a Weekend at the Jersey Shore and New York City with My Grandkids.” As I mentioned previously, last weekend I took 10 of the grandchildren … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Belong

Posted on July 12, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday. And even though I’m on a family vacation with the grandkids, today’s prompt was so appropriate I felt compelled to jot down five minutes worth of words. The Friday task is to write for just five minutes on … Continue reading →

Posted in children, encouragement, family, Five Minute Friday, grandchildren, relationships | Tagged Carlo's Bakery, Carol's Bakery, children, communication, DPchallenge, encouragement, Facebook, family, grandchildren, Jersey Shore, Lisa Jo Baker, Memories, New York City, relationships | 4 Comments

All in the Family

Posted on July 9, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

What a weekend! What a wonderful weekend! Under the pretense of a graduation party for my grandson — okay, it actually WAS a graduation party for my grandson — we were able to bring the Siccardi clan together for the … Continue reading →

Posted in children, family, grandchildren, joy, love, Memories, New York City, relationships | Tagged children, DPchallenge, family, grandchildren, Jersey shore, joy, Laughter, love, Memories, New York City, relationships, Seaside Heights | 2 Comments

Five Minute Friday — Exhale

Posted on July 4, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

As I approached this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday, I immediately thought of a previous FMF assignment. This week’s word is EXHALE. The word for April 5, 2013 was AFTER. The two prompts somehow connected for me. Exhaling is … Continue reading →

Posted in encouragement, family, Five Minute Friday, Memories, relationships | Tagged Blogs, DPchallenge, encouragement, faith, family, Lisa Jo Baker, Memories, relationships | 6 Comments