Jessica Riley Anderson Born November 5, 2009   Fairbanks, Alaska   11:02 a.m. AST “Practically Perfect In Every Way…” ~-~-~-~-~-~ It was midnight on November 5 when Bethany called me to tell me her water had broken and she and David (and her mom who’d flown up a few days before) were on their way to the hospital. Needless to say, any hope...

I’ve said goodbye to daughter a hundred times. At the conclusion of each weekend she’d spend with me when she was young; At the conclusion of each telephone conversation over the years.  But only a few of them have been as emotionally charged as the one about a week ago. Leaving the Lower 48 When she and her new husband, the 2nd Lt, were told...

When it comes to my children, I am truly a rich man. I have four children and all are amazing individuals: Ben is 21, recently married Crystal and is a criminal justice major at the University of Phoenix. Jeremy is 23 and a mechanical engineering major at San Francisco State University LE is 13 and manages to put up with me on a daily basis. Bethany Sara is my...