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 […]
Wife’s Turn: How does He do it?
I told Ken this morning, ”I’m in awe of you”. He, of course, said, “Finally. I’ve been trying to impress you for a quarter century.” Ha! My husband… always trying to make me laugh. Seriously though, I really don’t know how he does it. Me, I’m exhausted. Plain and simple, thoroughly exhausted. Upon coming home […]
Decisions are Easy, When There’s no Choice
There are times when the nurse calls out that really can not be avoided. Like last night. On her way to work the hit a curb at a high speed and blew out her tire. Then, to her astonishment, there was no spare tire in her trunk. Now, I won’t let her off the hook […]


