Under His Wings

The room was filled with voices quite familiar to me. I was invited for the second time to the Binghamton Broadcaster's Reunion that was held this past Saturday. The most honored and respected man int the room was Bill Parker, who has been a fixture of the Binghamton broadcasting world for 65+ years.  He was recently inducted into the New York State Broadcaster Hall of Fame with the likes of Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Regis Philbin and Al Roker (who started his broadcasting career in Syracuse in the early 1970's).  When I was growing up, Bill was on the air in the mid morning hours. Most of the people attending the reunion I did not know personally, but there were a few that have meant the world to me. When I was about 13, I decided I wanted to pursue a Broadcasting career.  I know it was because in my formative years (6-9) my Dad was a radio announcer at our local public radio station.  I mentioned that to a few people at the reunion.  There was one lad...

Tim and I celebrated our 18th anniversary yesterday.  The past 18 years have been filled with many joys and some sorrows, but through it all I've been blessed to have a wonderful husband who has stuck with me. I looked up the song "Cherish The Treasure" this afternoon.  It's the song we had played during our candle lighting ceremony.  After the candle was lit, I remember very vividly standing looking at Tim while holding his hands. His eyes were filled with tears, which made me cry too. Listening to the words "This sacred vow I make to you does not contain an if.  Though I'm aware that trials lie ahead."  I never could imagine the trials we would have to go through, especially about 2 years into our marriage with the loss of our daughter Gabrielle Renee.  We've also had a lot of health challenges and just the normal couple/parenting issues. I'm so glad God sent me Tim.  He was a specific answer to prayer.  I had cried out to God to send me a...

Mom, Dad, Anna and I 9/7/15 I always love going home and I never like to leave.  After all, it's the place we moved into when I was two and I lived there until almost 19 years ago when I moved here to Elmira.  There's a lot of memories stored in that cape cod house on Montague Street. One great memory jogger was looking on top of my Dad's record shelves.  In the late 70's or early 80's he painted ceramic classical composer busts.   I remember Dad sitting at our kitchen table painting them.  They still adorn the living room 35 years later. Also on the shelf was a 25th anniversary plate I bought my parents 24 years ago.  Next August they will be celebrating their 50th anniversary. Like most visits, this visit was quiet.  We just sat around and talked most of the time.  Some of the time we had our cameras out and were taking pictures. The above picture is one my mom took on her tablet. We had the most delicious meat lovers pizza from a l...