Our son's life was sent in a new direction at a company picnic in 1981. I overheard a conversation about this computer programming class for kids. Got him signed up the next day. These two wonderful gals were teaching in the basement of their home. The classes had already started, but they said they would give him a try. After the first class, one ( Read more... )

Our son is thirty-eight and this morning I am just getting to know his teenage self. Most teenagers are wrapped in something like a Romulan Cloaking Device. It is so easy to look at  teenager's cluttered room, all that surface disorder, and think you know them ( Read more... )

nallasenyt told a story in a comment to MY last post about our son falling through the attic fan hole.

Here is a picture of John(left) and Ben about the time of that "flight." This would have been when they were six years old at Vollentine Elementary. I just couldn't resist...it is Easter, after all!


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Thirty Eight years ago today our son,John,was born. Funny to think that baby on the left is now Daddy to the baby on the right!


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John and Jenny called! It was so good to hear their voices and to hear how well they are doing ( Read more... )

Sometimes I am struck by the conjunction of images. Here's a picture of our son, at the Pirates of the Burning Sea Launch Party.

The snappy white sports jacket John is wearing originally belonged to his Grandpa Tynes...in the horn rimmed glasses  in the picture on the right. Wish we had a picture of Gycelle Tynes in the jacket.

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