Dear Lee Brice, You don’t know me, but your song, “I Drive Your Truck” could have been written about me. Since college, I have always tried to hit the open road when I’m upset. I once drove all the way from Mt. Pleasant, Michigan to Chicago in my beat up Buick Regal with my best […]
“Wherever I am you’ll always be / More than just a memory….” Flogging Molly
It's time for another entertaining Michael story. This is a family favorite. It was either Thanksgiving weekend or Christmas vacation, but either way, it was in the mid-90s and I was home from college (Go! Fire up, Chips!). My girlfriend Liz, a Spartan, was also home and it was decided a trip to The Somerset […]
“Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories…
… to the inevitable dusk." – Susan Scarf Merrell I'm the oldest child of Jim and Sue, my sister Meagan is the youngest, and there, in the middle, was Michael (as you can see, my parents had a thing about M's). Unfortunately for our family, the inevitable dusk of Michael Ryan's life was August 23, […]