A couple of years ago I started this blog after my previous sports blog, Wyomingsports.org was retired when I went to work for the Cheyenne Tribune Eagle.
Originally, it was just an opportunity to ramble about sports in an unofficial capacity. Later, I began to write about Teresa's and my struggles with her health and began another blog, Wyomingsports, on Wordpress to separate them a bit, especially when I quit my job at the Tribune Eagle to be at home when Teresa was discharged from the hospital in Denver.
Even after her passing, I kept it up with both blogs, but mostly with the sports blog when I was freelancing and especially when I was not freelancing and still writing on my own covering University of Wyoming sports.
Now that I am a sportswriter for the Rapid City Journal, I no longer cover UW athletics. I guess it is time to retire Wyomingsports. It's kind of funny, looking at my stats, even with a disclaimer on the front page, I still get a handful of people now and then looking at it, likely expecting a UW story.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
It's no Stradivarius, but I still have a Pee-wee puppet
A few years ago Teresa showed me a violin that a friend gave her … it was from her friend's grandfather after they cleaned out some of his stuff after he passed away.
Teresa told me, "We think it is a Stradivarius. It might be worth something."
Okay, I thought, maybe it is. I knew that a Stradivarius was the best violin in the world, but I admit I knew little else.
"Someday, if we ever need money, maybe we can sell it," Teresa said.
Well, that day came in the last year or so when Teresa was battling her health and our medical bills were getting out of control.
So, I took it to a local pawn shop to see if they knew anything about it. They didn't, but said to contact somebody from the University of Wyoming music department and see what they say.
Teresa told me, "We think it is a Stradivarius. It might be worth something."
Okay, I thought, maybe it is. I knew that a Stradivarius was the best violin in the world, but I admit I knew little else.
"Someday, if we ever need money, maybe we can sell it," Teresa said.
Well, that day came in the last year or so when Teresa was battling her health and our medical bills were getting out of control.
So, I took it to a local pawn shop to see if they knew anything about it. They didn't, but said to contact somebody from the University of Wyoming music department and see what they say.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Remembering the good times
It's been nearly six months since Teresa left this world and is now looking over us in Heaven, and yes, I truly believe that, although my heart aches constantly knowing that she is not physically with us.
Her 46th birthday is July 10, two days from the six-month anniversary of her death.
With her birthday coming up, Teresa's parents will be here in Laramie to see her headstone for the first time and to visit. It will no doubt be an emotional time for all of us.
With that in mind, we're going to have a little party. The whole idea about coming together like this is to remember Teresa as she lived and not how she died. As much as she could, even to the end, Teresa lived her life to the fullest as a mother, daughter, wife and friend.
Her 46th birthday is July 10, two days from the six-month anniversary of her death.
With her birthday coming up, Teresa's parents will be here in Laramie to see her headstone for the first time and to visit. It will no doubt be an emotional time for all of us.
With that in mind, we're going to have a little party. The whole idea about coming together like this is to remember Teresa as she lived and not how she died. As much as she could, even to the end, Teresa lived her life to the fullest as a mother, daughter, wife and friend.
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