Lakewood

It is never easy – much more like gut-wrenching misery – to say goodbye to someone you love. The promise of love is like the spring sun that warms the earth where late-fall bulbs were planted. Responding from beneath the soil little green sprouts suddenly appear and excitement builds for the intricate beauty of what […]

My longtime friend Donn Irwin contacted me about visiting Lakewood Rotary. He knew my wife Peggy and I love theatre. The reason for the invitation was because the program speaker was to be Joseph Walsh, the new Lakewood Playhouse Director. We jumped at the chance. The noon meeting was held at the Tacoma Country & […]

My writing desk is surrounded by joy. There’s the latest drawing by my granddaughter depicting her conception of her picture being taken by her mother, whose outstretched cell phone captures both their biggest-grin faces, and both – accurately drawn – with lots of hair. “And that’s you grandpa,” she said, pointing to the stick figure […]

Submitted by Paul Nimmo. In the previous chapter it was noted that my son lost his Junior year of High School Baseball, but his New Level Team was very active that Summer. However, that was not the only team Ethan played on. Ethan played for Lakes High School in a summer development League. This allowed […]

This is about you. This is about anyone and everyone who has (and truth be told, who is there who has not?) suffered a life-shattering loss. This is about those whose heart has been broken, stepped on, crushed, and who, weeping on their knees, begin, blinded by tears, gathering up the shards of what remains. […]