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A Father’s Eulogy, for Jared Samuel Townsley
I want to appreciate everyone who has come to honor our son today. Jared was a good man, and I imagine he’d be very pleased to know that he had so many friends. And very embarrassed to think that some of you have given up significant moments in your own life to honor this moment, however unexpected, difficult, even tragic that it is. We all tell the story differently, I suspect. I know that’s been true in my life anyway …
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Your inner gunslinger
If you know me, you’re probably aware that I enjoy the sport of Western Fast Draw. I’m a life member of the Cowboy Fast Draw Association and the current Vice-Chairman for Area 6 in the World Fast Draw Association. And in Oregon, I’ve started or helped to start, three Western Fast Draw clubs. Cool huh?
It was a tough one…
Sometimes I walk with the baby Jesus. I mean I’m a regular Buddha when it comes to treating patients kindly and compassionately. Other days, I’m a raging devil storm.
You don’t need to grow up cowboy to be one
On a good night, curled up in a queen-sized, hand-hewn log bed in W.W. Ronin’s master bedroom, Generous Kate and I can’t imagine anything more wonderful. With cowboy paraphernalia spread across the furniture and strewn upon the walls, we’ll celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary come January. And thank God, there’s no sign of a seventh-year itch, on either of our parts.