Sunday mornings were a special time for me. I was always awake hours before anyone else in the house. I relished the calm and quiet. I’d make coffee and sit at the kitchen table doing a crossword puzzle. I especially loved days when the morning sun warmed the house, as it rose over the lake. […]
Archives for September 2011
I Hated the Night to End
Everything’s set-up for a great weekend. Our daughter, Kari, is home from WVU until Sunday evening. Ryan seems as though he is responding to the antibiotic. West Virginia University plays Maryland at noon today. The Redskins play the Cardinals at 1:00pm tomorrow. We should have overnight nursing coverage (thank goodness). I see nothing preventing me from […]
Happy Golden Anniversary
A Special Day It’s the year 1961. Exactly fifty years ago to the day. A couple sneaks away from their small central Pennsylvania mining town, stopping only once to pick-up the woman’s older sister in Maryland. They drive through to Washington, D.C. Once in the city they find what brought them there. A church. The […]
My Musical Debut: “She’s A Scaredy Cat”
https://ryansrally.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Kari-ghost.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | Download (546.1KB)Subscribe: Email | RSSThis post has a funny ending, trust me. I literally just dozed off. It was around 2:30 am. I hear my phone ringing… and it’s Kari’s ringtone. You might imagine, these calls in the middle of the night are quite unsettling. She does exactly what […]
UTI Cause Determined
Ryan’s current urinary tract infection (UTI) is really a battle to resolve. Two antibiotics were administered that didn’t touch it. Fortunately, they aren’t meant to kill off the bacterial strain present. In one way, this is good news. I thought Ryan might have built up a resistance to those two classes of treatment, but now […]