Family time

I'll be attending the memorial service for my Grandmother, who recently passed away at 104. She's been my prayer support for all of my 56 years; worthy of St. Monica, something I didn't appreciate until so late, as did Monica's son.

when I was perhaps 9 or 10, at a holiday family gathering I was in a funk because my mother had been angry at me; my grandmother took me aside and asked me if I knew why grandmas and grandkids got along so well together. In response to my answer in the negative, she replied with in immense smile, "It's because we have a common enemy." point being not that she didn't get along with my mother, but that she had a way of reaching you that was wonderful.

Here are my grandparents Ralph and Kathryn at their 50th in 1974.



Kathryn, may God grant you eternal rest.