Hello
everyone. Thanks all for reading the McCarty Metro this month. We will be back again in October for our Halloween edition.
Halloween??? What happened to this summer. It went by so
fast...
Since we last
talked, Margaret and I had a nice
weekend trip to St. Ignace, Michigan where we went on a tour of
5
lighthouses by boat. We saw an additional 4
lighthouses on land. We had a blast. We got a chance to meet
Mike and Ann (Hilary's parents) in Rogers City on the way
home. Austin and Hilary were spending the weekend there. It
was a very nice visit. We also got to meet Hil's brother and
sister and her family. They have a beautiful home and lake
setting, and Mike even took us for a tour around the town.
September 7 marks
Margaret's and my 31st
wedding anniversary. I feel very fortunate in the life we have built together. Our love and our family keeps growing every year.
September
in the Metro also means we are starting up the 2016
McCarty Metro NFL Pigskin Pickem Tournament again. Make
sure you try to stop by weekly to the Metro and make your
picks. It is a fun season, and the playoffs and Super Bowl
are a blast. Also in this month's edition, readers get a
chance to redesign our logo. I am looking forward to
changing our Gaelic M to something possibly a little more
modern.
There is
another new page called McCarty
Memories. You can find a yellow link at the
bottom of every page. I am hopeful that our subscribers
will submit McCarty memorabilia. On that line, I also
can't miss this chance to thank Cousin Mary
Jo and husband Dan who hosted the McCarty family reunion on August 16.
It was great seeing cousins, nephews and nieces that we
don't get to see that often. It was a hot day, but I had a great
time catching up on their lives, and also hearing some
great stories about our parents, uncles, aunts, and
grandparents. Once again, from Margaret and myself...
Thank you
Mary Jo and Dan on putting this together and for a job
well done. Can't wait for the next family reunion...
Speaking of
family, I realize that much of what I learned in my life,
being a husband, a father, a brother, a friend, and a
Christian, I learned from my family. No one sat down with
me and told me what to do in every situation, I just learned
from them on how they handled adversity and how they
carried themselves on a daily basis when they
thought I wasn't looking. This
month's final thought I leave you with is a little
story from Mary Korazan entitled
"When You Thought I Wasn't Looking".
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Here's to all the good
things in life you learned when they thought you weren't looking. Cheers!
