On this 27th day of November in the year of our Lord 2008, I have so much to be thankful for.

     First, there is my wife of 39 years, Mary Gilmore.  She has been the rock I have clung to in all the storms I have been through in my adult hood.  She is my strength and the air that I breathe.
    Next are my children.   Though not always the epitome of perfection, all and all, they have been terrific to watch grow up. 
     Chuck Jr. has the loving and caring his mother passed to him.  Although he doesn't show his feelings too much on the outside, you can see by his actions that he really does care about his new family as well as his old. 
     Nathaniel Daniel (Kyle) has the creativity and spontaneity from his mom that let's him be in front of people and let himself out for all to see.  He can see through the facade of things to what actually is.
     Jeremy (Jay) has the intelligence given by his mom to think through things and arrive at an opinion that nothing in the world could make him waver from.  His smile can light up the world.
     Jonathan (John) was blessed with both as sense of practicality and an abundance of love for his family.  His new son William John has rekindled an even stronger fire of love in his heart.
     Our daughter Robin was blessed with the inner and outer beauty of her mother and her mother's drive to make thing turn out as she sees they need to turn out.  A most persistent but loving young lady.

I am most unworthy but very blessed to have been given this family.