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Author: Kevin Donahue
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Jason Isbell is my favorite singer/songwriter. Has been for about two years now, since the release of his album Southeastern. So I was super-excited to have a chance to speak with him last month for an article about Father’s Day, fathers and sons. Isbell has a song in which he recounts the advice his dad…
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We celebrated Kelly’s graduating high school with a party Saturday. About 50 adults and many students were there. We could not have done it without the help of the Kirk and McKeone families. One thing Susan and Emily Kirk helped with was a set of table placements that included photos of Kelly and facts, real…
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At today’s leadership meeting at Wellsprings, I realized that one of the things I do—and should own—is a general stepping in and out of commitment. I see it as an orbit, an eccentric one at that, that brings me closer and takes me farther from the issues I wrestle with on a daily basis. I…
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The question posed by my journaling app was simple: “Who taught you how to drive?” My dad taught me to drive. What always stuck with me was not what he taught me, but how he handled my first car accident. I was headed to my first job, at the Hazlet movie theater on Rte 35…
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We’re getting to the end of Kelly’s senior year of high school and last Friday was a milestone: his senior prom. he went with his girlfriend Emily, and we met her family when they came over for photos. We also had the grandmas. i’m starting to think he’s actually going to graduate.
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Kelly and Mike have made their college choices and, surprise!, they’re going to the same place: the university of Delaware. Can you tell from the photo? This is them taking a break at an ultimate frisbee tournament.
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Here’s Kelly on the Methacton courts at the the start of tennis season this spring.
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One of the strange things about our family (among many) is that our kids don’t go to our church. Pete doesn’t go to any church, though I wouldn’t be surprised if he sees the value in it sometime down the road. Kelly does, but he followed his own call to Main Line Unitarian Church, where he…
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It’s been a crummy, cold, nasty winter, so escaping to Kevin’s mom’s place in Vero Beach for a week in early March was a wonderful treat. We sat by the pool, saw some spring training baseball (all Mets, all the time), and ate A LOT. There were four of us, but it was a bit…
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Love is not enough. I was speaking with a colleague in church leadership yesterday in a wide-ranging discussion about where are hearts are these day (one of the reasons I do love my church community). We were speaking about the death of her dog, and what a big impact it had on she and her…
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I’ll run through the rest of my Oscar picks in the larger categories. Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood If I think that Boyhood is the best picture of the year, then I think I have to go with its pair of supporting nominees. Patricia Arquette was great. I’d be OK if Keira Knightley won; Emma Stone was…
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I don’t want to spend too much time on this, as the Oscars are a complete Overthinkers trap. So here we go: Best Picture Boyhood I was delighted by Grand Budapest Hotel, but it tickled more than it moved me; the same can’t be said for Richard Linklater’s film—and I don’t think it’s only because I have…
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