Welcome Miles Maximilian King to the family! Born Wednesday, April 28, 2010 to niece Bethany (brother Fred’s and sister-in-law Linda’s daughter) and her husband, Larry King.
College freshman daughter Natasha is now home after her first full year at the University of Louisville. At the U of L, the spring semester ends right before the Kentucky Derby. The kids typically stay for the Derby celebration and then head home. Tash experienced for the first time the Americana that is the infield at the Derby – mudsliding, mudwrestling, mosh pits, mosh surfing.
Oldest daughter Miranda Bring and husband Ben will be moving in late July to Concord, NC near Charlotte where Ben will do his third year of medical school. Miranda is trying to find an elementary school teaching job there.
10th grade daughter Clarissa has been named lacrosse athlete of the week in the Columbus Dispatch. The photo and story appear this coming Saturday. She has 20 goals for the 9-3 Columbus Academy Vikings. She got to see U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder who spoke at the school yesterday. All the questions were preapproved and none of them included asking the controversial, but highly interesting question: Why is the government going to try the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Federal courthouse in New York City as opposed to by a military tribunal elsewhere (anywhere else, like, perhaps Gitmo). C said the AG was very funny and engaging and really enjoyed his talk.
Our new senior pastor at Stonybrook United Methodist Church, Michael Bowie, gave his first sermon last Sunday. Dr. Bowie was phenomenal. He is from Texas and is Stonybrook’s first ever African-American pastor. He now is shepherd to a nearly all-white congregation. There’s been talk about both sides adapting to each other over time. I disagree. I hope any new pastor can come to a fertile field of unconditional love and just do what he or she has been anointed by God to do. I would hate to see Pastor Mike operate on less than all cylinders just to appease all the many factions of a large congregation. I’d rather him operate at full throttle in the areas of his spiritual gifts. The Story of Leickly Chili: I was an adult when I finally learned that chili was not eaten on a plate with a fork (not in a bowl and with a spoon) or that it included anything other than just 3 ingredients: ground beef, kidney beans and tomato paste. That’s what chili was to us growing up because that’s what it took to satisfy the varying tastes of a family of 7. You end up with mediocrity. Even more interesting is that fact that we all actually looked forward to chili night. We liked the three-ingredient delight. That’s what average does – you develop a taste for it instead of for the excellent. I could be wrong but I don’t believe any of my brothers have probably eaten Leickly chili in decades. The only exception would be Dan.
