The McNally Bros. (Ron & Joe).....hopefully sharing a beer somewhere "upstairs".
____________________________
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph McNally
To: unobuckeroo@aol.com
Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 12:03 pm
Subject: (no subject)
Marty,
MOM: Glen Campbell
DAD: Willie Nelson
TIM: Go soak your head
Love. DAD
TIME:12:04p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph McNally
To: unobuckeroo@aol.com
Sent: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 12:03 pm
Subject: (no subject)
Marty,
MOM: Glen Campbell
DAD: Willie Nelson
TIM: Go soak your head
Love. DAD
TIME:12:04p.m.
___________________
Chicago Tribune's "Horry-Gorryscopes" from 9/8/09.....
Today's Birthday (09/08/09)
Travel looks good this year, with minor complications. The hardest part is having to leave somebody you love. Instead of being sad, make it a celebration. Re-establish family roots. If you can't get the whole gang together at any of your homes, pick a campground or hotel somewhere in the middle.
Chicago Tribune's "Horry-Gorryscopes" from 9/8/09.....
Today's Birthday (09/08/09)
Travel looks good this year, with minor complications. The hardest part is having to leave somebody you love. Instead of being sad, make it a celebration. Re-establish family roots. If you can't get the whole gang together at any of your homes, pick a campground or hotel somewhere in the middle.
___________________________
Funny how life works....
at Lunchtime.........
you've got the best Dad in the world,
emailing you stupid trivia contest answers across miles of cyberspace.....
and by Dinner he is gone.
Happy Birthday!?
Way too much irony to digest right now....
--Making sure he time-stamped his email (that's the "accountant" typing there)
--Yes..... the answer was Willie Nelson....and Willie was a "back up" only after I could not find a good Patsy Cline pic....
she was also born on September 8th.
--Checking out of this world on the same date you check in.....
(Only a .27% chance of that happening...... he would tell you if he could)
--Still having that devilish spirit to topple Tim in Trivia Tuesday.... egged on by Tim's good-natured ribbing at Dad's B-Day party this past Sunday....
--Best of all..... that fact that he couldn't (and wouldn't) collect on the Grand Prize....
Funny how life works....
at Lunchtime.........
you've got the best Dad in the world,
emailing you stupid trivia contest answers across miles of cyberspace.....
and by Dinner he is gone.
Happy Birthday!?
Way too much irony to digest right now....
--Making sure he time-stamped his email (that's the "accountant" typing there)
--Yes..... the answer was Willie Nelson....and Willie was a "back up" only after I could not find a good Patsy Cline pic....
she was also born on September 8th.
--Checking out of this world on the same date you check in.....
(Only a .27% chance of that happening...... he would tell you if he could)
--Still having that devilish spirit to topple Tim in Trivia Tuesday.... egged on by Tim's good-natured ribbing at Dad's B-Day party this past Sunday....
--Best of all..... that fact that he couldn't (and wouldn't) collect on the Grand Prize....
would make him all the happier.
Those "7 days of Trivia Tuesday bragging rights" was all he needed.
Considering we almost lost him 4 months ago....and the fact that he was able to bounce back to almost 99% of the "old Joe" in the last couple of months....was an amazing feat and one that many families do not get....
and we are all greatly appreciative.
That last conversation....
Those "7 days of Trivia Tuesday bragging rights" was all he needed.
Considering we almost lost him 4 months ago....and the fact that he was able to bounce back to almost 99% of the "old Joe" in the last couple of months....was an amazing feat and one that many families do not get....
and we are all greatly appreciative.
That last conversation....
that last hug and kiss.....
that last laugh....
to that last verse of "Happy Birthday" last Sunday.......
lucky for us, we were all able to collect our grand prize!
As tough as it is to let go now......I consider all of us the "winners" because those last few months were a HUGE gift from the Man upstairs.
So unless Joe has email access "up there".....this is his swan song....but knowing Joe.....he probably had all of this laid out on a spreadsheet somewhere.
So unless Joe has email access "up there".....this is his swan song....but knowing Joe.....he probably had all of this laid out on a spreadsheet somewhere.
(You bet your bippy!)
As our friend Jim Farrell said so eloquently late Tuesday night in an email.....
(after seeing the "Joe Cool" pic from Tuesday's blog....)
"The world is a little less 'cool' today than it was yesterday."
Marty
Burbank, IL
No comments:
Post a Comment