{"id":1214,"date":"2010-06-21T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/06\/21\/sunday-night-fathers-day\/"},"modified":"2010-06-21T01:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T05:52:00","slug":"sunday-night-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/06\/21\/sunday-night-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday night &#8211; fathers day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"pBlogBody_536109445\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<center><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Happy fathers day all you dads out there. It&#8217;s a funny day.. not one that I every took too much to heart either before or since Sam&#8217;s passing. I feel loved and appreciated by my family every day..still.. it&#8217;s nce to take the time to mark the dad0 thing.. <\/p>\n<p>The thing about today that&#8217;s most noteworthy to me is that it marks the end of a cluster of important events&#8230;..\u00a0 all of them imprtant.. soe of the wonderful, others bitter sweet that clustered at this part of the year. Some were entirely positive.. like Max&#8217;s birthaday and Gabe&#8217;s birthday. his 8th grade graduation and his earning his drivers permit.. others of them were mixed\/ bittersweet like marking Sam&#8217;s 18th birthday his classes high school graduation\u00a0\u00a0 and.. of course Faters day. <\/p>\n<p>we&#8217;ve survived.. and thrrived with the help of all the love and supprt we&#8217;ve gotten from freinds and family.. and for that.. we thank you all.. <\/p>\n<p>This weekend was a good, long close to this eventful couple of weeks. We started in Fort Ann NY . Gabe Diane and I had spent the night therefor Gabes&#8217; All star LAX team tournament.. It was a great event.. great kids, great parents.. ice venue and some really great playing.. I love watching gabe and his new teammates out there..<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010003.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010004.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">Gabe gave me a fathers day gift today.. a box of mints that taste like Ranch Dressing wwhich hcih he found in an aptly named &#8216;Gag Shop&#8217; in Lake George last night. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010007.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">After Gabes last game.. Diane and Gabe went home with Marcello and Rob.. while I headed East. I wanted to see my Dad on father Day..<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d originally thought that I was actually closer to my folks house.. but there ar no really good east\/west routes there. We settled on meeting them half way I drove 3 hours to Concord NH.. they drove up from Sherborn Ma. to meet me there. We met in a great little Mexican place we found at random on a map. It was\u00a0 agreat choice.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010015.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">We had a great 2 and a half hour lunch and walk there. It was really, really great seeign them.. and gettign to hug my dad on Fathers Day.. <\/p>\n<p>My Dad is a wonderful guy.. he&#8217;s warm and funny.. and has so much integrrity.. he&#8217;s a real <i>mensch. I love him.. <\/i>I love my folks..\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010014.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010017.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010021.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010030.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/jun2010\/jun2010034.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">I hope you all were able to connect with your dads\u00a0 and your kids.\u00a0 either in person, by phone.. or in spirit if that&#8217;s the best way you can.. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks again to all the folks who&#8217;ve reached out to us these past 2 weeks.. It&#8217;s helped<\/p>\n<p>nite all.. nite sam.. glad to be your\u00a0 and your brothers&#8217; dad.. <\/p>\n<p>-jc<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images02\/94\/l_9d533962af3f4688b20897d803c658c5.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy fathers day all you dads out there. It&#8217;s a funny day.. not one that I every took too much to heart either before or since Sam&#8217;s passing. I feel loved and appreciated by my family every day..still.. it&#8217;s nce to take the time to mark the dad0 thing.. 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