I want to thank everyone who responded to my request to pray for my mom.  Her heart surgery (double bypass) was successful and, although it took a couple of days to get her pain under control, she is making very good progress and should be released to go home early next week. She was originally taken to the hospital at around 5 a.m. on Friday (November 13) after experiencing chest pains during the night.  On Friday evening when I stopped by her room… Read More

It happened on a Friday during the third week of August, 1975.  I had loaded up my car to go off to college.  At the age of 18, I was excited about the challenge that was ahead of me.  I went into the house and told my mom I was leaving and she walked me to the door.  I kissed her goodbye and tears started streaming down her face.  She didn't say a word.  She just stood there looking into my eyes.  And the tears kept on flowing.… Read More

On a Saturday night in March of 1999, at around 11:30 pm, the telephone rang.  Our children were all home so my first thought was, “I wonder who that is?  I hope everything’s alright.”  It turned out that everything was not alright.  Georgette answered the phone and it was one of my relatives.  She said that my cousin Harry LaHood was in the hospital and it didn’t look like he was going to make it. We rushed to the… Read More

Last week one of our adorers asked me if I would pray for a friend of hers who was admitted to St. Francis Medical Center after being diagnosed with pneumonia and the H1N1 flu virus.  I told her to tell her friend that I would offer up a holy hour in the Adoration Chapel for a speedy recovery.  After I started praying, my first thought was (as usual) a question: “What saint is best qualified to intercede with our Lord on her… Read More

[caption id="attachment_71" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="1932 Ford Roadster"][/caption] Halloween is right around the corner so I thought I would talk about something that’s so scary it’ll make you fearful of the future. About 12 or 13 years ago, while Georgette and I were at a family function with our children, one of my sisters questioned my son Harry (who was a teenager at the time), about my parenting style and what restrictions I… Read More