Looking Ahead to Surfside
On Saturday, June 15, for I believe the 37th straight year, the Cooper Clan will get together at Surfside Beach, SC, arriving from all parts of the states (and maybe even from Japan). My...
Category: Family
Haleigh’s Getting Married
It’s nice, when I start running out of things to write about, to have other writers in the family. And Haleigh may be the best of us all. With her permission, I’m going to...
Myrtle Beach Marathon (Correction)
If you’re a regular subscriber to this blog, there’s probably an error on the previous post about the Myrtle Beach Marathon. I noticed after I hit “Publish” that at one point in the story...
The Myrtle Beach Marathon
Some of my friends have asked when would I post the Myrtle Beach Marathon story. I guess it’s time. That story has been around the world a couple of times, so many of you...
Borrowed Wisdom
If you’ve read Finding Strong, you know it was not written solely by Leigh and myself. I wanted input from other immediate family members. I’m also realizing that it might be useful, actually better, to...
Another Birthday
Most of the Prologue in “Finding Strong” is about our visit to Boone for Leigh’s birthday three years after her death. We always go up on or near her birthday. This year, it worked...
Beach Reunion 2018
Leigh’s greatest love was her family, not just her immediate family, but also her cousins, uncles, aunts, and her grandparents on both the Cooper side and the Dickert side. Her favorite family activities were...
Golden Anniversary
On 3 June, 1968, I graduated from OCS at Fort Benning. Five days later, 8 June, Louise and I were married. We celebrated the Golden Anniversary of my becoming an Army officer last month...
Myrtle Beach Marathon
Several friends have asked me when might I post the Myrtle Beach Marathon story. I’ve told this story a hundred times, it’s been around the world a couple of times as others have told...
The Fifth Thanksgiving, SLD
We just finished six days of celebrating our fifth Thanksgiving since Leigh died (SLD), to borrow a phrase from Holley’s calendar. And with apologies to Julie, Riley, and Regan, who could not be here...