My brother Marty, his wife Suzy, their daughter Patti and sons Andy and Jack. Photo via Facebook Chico American Legion Baseball          

  "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Lao Tzu  

  .   “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ? Pablo Neruda

        Our House   Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young     I'll light the fireYou put the flowers in the vase that you bought todayStaring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to youPlay…

  When I was a child during lent my family would gather at my Grandparent' house. My many Aunts, Uncles and forty-some grandchildren combined. We would kneel down together in my Grandparent' living room and pray the rosary. My Grandfather…