Thoughts and stories, by Pal

Happy Father's Day to all you wonderful fathers! Remembering some dear fathers! One of the last pictures my dear husband Wayne had taken showing him doing his indexing!  He was faithful to the end of his life! This picture was taken about 4 years ago, of my dear husband Wayne, and a          great granddaughter, Ruby.  I noticed early that Wayne loved children!                   Wayne's dear parents, Gladys and Roy Waldamer Eckman.                       My own dear father, Orson Pratt Miles.   Our beloved prophet, David O. Mckay, loved to be with his children and                                                    grandchildren. This article tells about the fathers of our prophets.  All...

This is a picture taken May 15, 2015, about 3 months before we found he had cancer.  We were at the Temple for our grandson Sam's wedding.  He had on the tie he loved, that our son Wayne had handmade especially on his mission in Ecuador, 40 years before.  It was hand woven, and had woven in the back "From your missionary."  Our son Wayne now has that tie.  Wayne wore it on special occasions. This was first posted on August 29th, 2015, after we found out Wayne had esophageal cancer.  He survived almost 6 months after that, even though he had radiation.   Wayne D Eckman, and his 9 lives!   He will be 85 this September 18th, and on September 24th we will have been married 60 years.  I want to record our latest adventure with my husband Wayne D Eckman, and add updates often.   He started radiation for esophageal cancer just yesterday, and had a treatment again today, and also today will have a dialysis treatment.   T...