Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

Several weeks ago, we had the opportunity to attend a gathering sponsored by the Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC) .  Each spr...

Has resulted in something less than a spectacular cherry blossom bloom this year, ten years on.  Yet, bloom they do, year after year, as doe...

10 years on.

A tradition continues in posting the video at this link for the Leonard kids' trip to Ireland in 2005 -- 12 YEARS AGO!  Now, with a spec...

Yet another addition to the Quilts of JW by Mom -- a king size crab quilt which, like all the others, includes remnants of JW's clothing...

"A parent outliving a child  -- it's one of the most unspeakable things there is." The above quote, which speaks for itse...

Recall this earlier post from last year when a dear friend of the family debuted the original song he composed in JW's memory at th...

While it took 9 months for John's mom to give birth to his baby sister, Jes (actually, less since she was 6 weeks premature), it took al...

After Jes' and Donny's wedding rehearsal at the church, John's dad pulled out of his pocket an old watch he used to wear.  He ex...

The photos may be of Mike & Gina, but they represent all who knew and loved JW.  We grieve his untimely death but we take solac...

... in so many regards, yet the cherry trees bloom eternal as does JW's spirit (the trees peaked this past week).

Oh the times have changed… As a Leonard, you have an ability to make an entrance and an exit, even in death.   Which is why you hav...

John's brother Mike just found this week the below note tucked away in John's niece's backpack from school.  Ariana wrote it to...

For Christmas, John's little brother Mike, his sister-in-law Gina, and his niece and nephew Ariana and Bentley gave John's parents t...

In an earlier post, I wrote about  life according to Stephen Colbert .  That post quoted a NY Times article which stated: In 1974, w...

One of John's many enduring legacies is the technology fund established in his memory back in 2007.    The original concept behind this ...

A dear friend of the family and musical performer at each of the nine Fests to date, Stryker, composed especially for this year's JW Kic...

It was a hot and muggy day, but the rain never came and the 9th Annual JW Kickball & Kegger Family Fest was another great success.  Than...

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2008  2015 For those not familiar with it, central to JW's memorial at John's parents' home in Southern Maryland is a...