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Del Birkey

May 13, 2009

Obituary – Delmar G. Birkey
Delmar Gene (Del) Birkey was born Feb 16, 1933 at Foosland, IL, son of Alvin and Amelia Birkey. He died May 13, 2009, at Central DuPage Hospital at the age of 76. Del attended a one-room country school, then Fisher High School, graduating with the class of 1951.
In June 1952, Del [...]

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Losing Dad

May 12, 2009

My father is dying.
Those are words I did not expect to be saying and thinking and feeling at this point in my life. I am 55 and my father is 76 and in otherwise good health. Last week he had a stroke that has robbed him of his mind and the ability to communicate verbally. [...]

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Deep Connection

May 10, 2009

Even though today was Mother’s Day, I spent time with my Mom in the hospital caring for my Dad. He was not doing as well today as he was yesterday. He seemed very agitated and restless and would not stay asleep longer than about 15 seconds. It was hard to watch as he really needed [...]

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What a Day May Bring

May 8, 2009

I ended my day much differently than I expected. Just got home from the hospital where I visited my 76-year-old father who is suffering from the aftermath of a seizure or “stroke” caused by a condition in his brain called “Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.”
Here’s an article a doctor friend of mine found for me that is [...]

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Breaking Down the Stereotypes

November 20, 2008

I am very proud of my family. Why?
Yesterday, our local Oak Park paper, The Wednesday Journal, contained an article about my family’s involvement at Breakthrough Urban Ministries, in Chicago’s west side Garfield Park neighborhood [Link to Pouring Love, Breaking Through article].
The article was very well written by Abigail Cramton, who reported the topic with balance, [...]

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Apple is Very Confused

October 24, 2008

I have been an Apple Macintosh user since 1997 when I purchased my first Mac Plus, with 1 MB of RAM and a 20MB serial hard drive, a dot matrix printer and some software for about $3,500. I love the company’s products, design sense and innovation. There is literally no other computer or operating system [...]

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Barack Obama on Marriage, Sexuality and the Family

August 2, 2008

There is one more big reason why I cannot support Barack Obama in good conscience. It is because of his stance on issues related to marriage, the family and sexuality. A friend of mine recently compiled the following list of positions that Barack Obama favors, from the public record.
Barack Obama Favors

“the full and unequivocal repeal [...]

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One Month

November 1, 2007

Today I will have completed one month as a new business at Headstand Media. That’s something to feel good about. A lot was accomplished, but there is a long way to go yet ahead. I am encouraged with the progress, and trying not to be anxious about the future.
Not only am I now working with [...]

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Birthday Thoughts

February 6, 2007

Today is my 53rd Birthday. Significant things to me are:
- I have now been married longer than I have been single. This is a very great thing and I am so happy to be blessed with a wife who I love more now than the day we got married.
- This is also Ronald Reagan’s birthday. [...]

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Grandma

November 27, 2006

I have a 94-year old Grandma who still lives in a small town in Central Illinois, in the same house she lived in with Grandpa (married over 70 years!), and raised her two daughters (one of them my mother).
She visited us on Thanksgiving, and my sister, brother and I posed for this photo with her.
Hi, [...]

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