Perpetual Adoration » Motherhood

Predicting The Future

Harry — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:30:32 +0000

In the movie Back To The Future Part II, the main character, Marty McFly, travels 30 years into the future with scientist, Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown. The movie starts with Doc returning from the year 2015 to 1985 and notifying Marty (who at that time is 17 years old and in high school) that they have to go “back to the future” to help Marty’s (future) son.

Since Doc has already seen what happens in the [...] Read More »

The True “Reality” of Television

Harry — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:42:16 +0000

Dad, Mom & the "Beaver" in Leave It To Beaver

If you get your daily dose of news from the Internet, you probably saw the headline last week about the suicide of the husband of a reality show “star.” His name was Russell Armstrong and prior to his death he appeared with his wife and daughter on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a “reality” television show on the Bravo Network.

Apparently, Real Housewives is one [...] Read More »

The Killing of an 8 Year Old Boy

Harry — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:09:47 +0000

In the early summer of 1967 (when I was 10 years old), while holding onto the end of an old rubber garden hose, I climbed up the Weeping Willow Tree in the back yard of my parents’ home. When I got about 20 feet up, I climbed out onto a thick branch and tied the end of the hose to the branch. Since my intention was to use the hose to swing around like Tarzan, [...] Read More »

Getting Away With Murder

Harry — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:32:05 +0000

Caylee Marie Anthony

In October of 1970, the people of Central Illinois were shocked by the senseless murder of two young girls – Theresa Gorsuch and Rebecca Staley. Both girls were killed by Theresa’s older brother, Todd Gorsuch, who was 14 years old at the time. Todd was later tried as an adult and was subsequently found guilty of murder by a jury.

I was in 8th grade at the time of the murders. It seemed [...] Read More »

A Beautiful Model

Harry — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:46:29 +0000

My son Harry recently turned 30 years old. He’s the oldest of my seven children. When Harry was a young boy, one of his favorite shows was Sesame Street. You remember Sesame Street don’t you? It was a children’s show that had a cast of characters with names like Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie.

Georgette recently reminded me about how I use to marvel at the success of the show. Sesame Street was created [...] Read More »

A Catholic Family – 1951-2011

Harry — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:05:42 +0000

Last Saturday (April 2nd) my parents, Carl and Kathryn Williams, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. My sister and her husband, Colleen and Bill Brannon, organized a Mass and party for them. The people in attendance at the party were my parents, their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and some of their friends and relatives.

It all started on April 2, 1951, when they were married. They had their first child on January 14, 1952, and their last [...] Read More »

A Mother & Her Son

Harry — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:39:14 +0000

Earlier this year, I handled a case for a 17 year old boy who had been involved in an automobile accident. The accident was not his fault, but the police officer found a reason to give him two traffic tickets. The boy’s mother called my office and scheduled an appointment.

Prior to the accident, her son had been placed on probation in another case. The mother knew that if he was found guilty of one (or [...] Read More »

The Critic & The EXTREME Parent

Harry — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:22:45 +0000

On a Friday night about eight years ago, I got myself into an argument with one of my college age children (“the college student”). The argument centered around a certain movie that I thought was morally objectionable. At one point, the college student blurted out: “Dad, most Catholics would not agree with you about this movie. You’re too extreme when comes to things like this. I can only think of two other people who would [...] Read More »

Say Hello To Your New “Friend”

Harry — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 23:30:14 +0000

In last week’s article, A Prowler In The House, I threw down the gauntlet and challenged fathers to start conducting surprise inspections of their son’s iPods, cell phones, computers, and other devices.*

After I wrote the article, I kept hearing the same imaginary questions being repeated over and over in my mind: “Yea, right Harry. How do you expect me to go up to my 16 or 17 year old son and tell him I’m going [...] Read More »

A (Repaired) Heart Full of Gratitude

Harry — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:00:27 +0000

Last week I (Georgette) asked Harry if I could use the Adoration Letter to say “Thank You” to everyone for their prayers and support, and to share some of what I went through prior to my heart surgery. He told me that he thought it would be a good idea, and encouraged me to write this week’s article.

When the doctors at Mayo Clinic told me in January of 2009 that I needed heart surgery, my [...] Read More »