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12 Jun 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We have a few more relatively quiet days. Dad M and Cheryl sent $200 for Emma to spend this summer, which was really cool of them, so Erin takes her shopping - 2 brand new shirts, a couple of pencils she loves, a spiffy water bott...
6 Jun 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
McKayla and Emma, sitting on an interstate divider near Livingston, Kentucky These summers have become so epic in my mind, and I try to never take them for granted. My daughter Emma is 16 and currently lives with her mom and sister in Kentucky...
9 May 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
This day begins as a virtual, bizarre repeat of the one before it, except downsized to Bucyrus scale. Or maybe a parallel universe where you find yourself in Bucyrus instead of a fairly nice casino in another state. Once again I dip out...
2 May 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
My first Kevin and Lynn encounter of this trip is something of a Shanghai attack, unexpectedly encountering them down in the continental breakfast area of our West Virginia hotel. I’ve met them before, of course, and they are roughly th...
25 Apr 2025 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Day One curious logo for place allegedly promoting happiness A strange though perhaps apt logo choice, for a place allegedly promoting happiness About a month before the unplanned Florida trip, I found myself taking a much happier, antici...
20 Mar 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
We get up on Wednesday and are still in this holding pattern, waiting on Mom's ashes and the death certificate paperwork to be processed. Erin and I of course took Dad's truck last night when driving back to the hotel. She badly wants...
19 Mar 2025 5 minute read 2 comments VitalyTennant.com
Buying a home is a massive deal. One of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make. And it’s not just about square footage, the number of bedrooms, or how nice the kitchen looks in the morning light. It’s about how your life fits into that spac...
13 Mar 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Mounted deer on backside of Marlen’s house After leaving the hospital, Allie and his crew head home. The rest of us agree to meet over at this BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Dad makes it as far as drifting inside the building, but then un...
6 Mar 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
While we're waiting, I observe that Mom does seem somewhat out of it. Dad's convinced that he knows all the signs, and that she's just had another stroke. Marlen meanwhile is nowhere to be found, has obviously wandered away somewhere, possi...
28 Feb 2025 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Somehow I've written approximately 1000x more about my friends than I have my family, which I guess is a little strange. The material is certainly here in spades. I think I've really just struggled with finding some footing on how to...
