An Ending and a Beginning

We began the day Saturday at Dan the Builder's funeral. His wife Barbara and adult children were composed but sad. Barbara agreed with someone's description of Dan as being a "character." Yes, he was one of those guys that made the rounds to lots of places and it seemed almost everybody knew Dan. He wasn't very good at hanging out in the recliner, and seems his life was heading that way, so God just decided to take him away from that.

In the afternoon and evening, we attended the wedding of one of QU's former soccer players that Mario helped coach back when he was working with Jack Mackenzie in the men's program. The guys all rallied round the groom, and I took a group photo. Mario had a great time, and I enjoyed sitting with Sharon and another coach's wife. The bridal couple were very attractive, and the bride's dress was one of the most beautiful I have ever seen.

I got my new guitar at last. The company replaced mine because the bridge cracked, and they actually sent me the next model up, so I got a pretty nice deal. It's rare these days to get such great customer service. I played it today at mass. It has a rich resonance and is a nice looking instrument.

We had lunch with the Dede bunch at Wendy's. I rested up this afternoon, and now Cora and Hannah are here along with their friend Anna Kammerer. They are spending the night. They are watching some TV show and know all the words to all the music.

Blake had a soccer tournament this weekend. He got tangled up with a kid during the first game and has an injury, but he did get in the end of the game yesterday. His coach told us last night that Blake had a fantastic goal in the last minute of the game. The coaches are encouraging him to step up his game. They tell him he has talent, and they want to use him at midfield on the Varsity team next year. But they want to see him show up with his "A" game every time. So he responded by hitting a nice shot the next game. He is still the smallest guy on the field, but he is getting stronger.