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Who I Am - Why This Site home2.htm
How I Became Grandpa Don

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1 Back of the Yards 1931 - 1939
 2  Brighton Park  1939 - 1944 
3 Mount Greenwood 1944 - 1949
4 Floundering 1949 - 1951
5 The Navy - USS New Kent 1951 -
1953
6 The Lady of My Life 1954 - 1955
7

Becoming Domesticated

1955 - 1956
8 Starting a Family  1956 - 1962
9 A Time of Surprises  1962 - 1963
10 Years of Growth and Change 1963 - 1969
11 Tumultuous Times 1970 - 1975
12 For Better or For Worse 1976 - 1977
13 Lift Up Your Heart 1978 -
1982
14

 A Perilous Voyage

1983 - 1985
15 Born Again  1986 - 1990
16 Pre-Retirement ??? 
(Publish fall 2004 - I hope)
1990 - 1996
17 Retirement - The Golden Years 
(Publish Spring 2005)
1996 - 2000
18 Grandpa's Guardian Angel Garden 
(Publish fall 2005)
2000 - 2005
19 A New Life
Harry Ronald Cecora
Cecora.htm

The Cecora, Lossner, Copeland Story

 

The Adoption Story of Harry Ronald Cecora
The Letter from Catholic Charities
Adoption Decree
Mystery Solved - Cecora / Lossner
But ... There is More! Copeland
In Conclusion . - Thoughts about it all
Something of Interest - The ship of my Odyssey
 
Family Reunion July, 2006  Cecora
Family Reunion Sept, 2006  Cecora
Family Reunion June, 2007 Copeland
Loretta Anna Balck DELET page
Family Dan & Karen Plefka Family01.htm
Nick, Kelsey, Ana
Anne Marie and Dom Albano Family02.htm
Dominick, Anthony, Marc, Joe
Tom and Diane Plefka Family03.htm
Caitlin, Kelly
Joseph Plefka & Sylvia Simousek
Harry Lawler & Anne Montrym
Family Reunion July, 2006 Reunion2006.html
Family Reunion Sept, 2006
Husmann - Lossner 1800's Family10.htm
The Copeland Family
The Copeland - Mayflower Connection
The Story of Lucie Lossner Family15.htm
The Packard Line
The Packard - Mayflower Connection
The Mingling of Family Lines
Packard Family Mysteries
Famous Cousins
Mikey Family99.htm
The Refrigerator Door

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Introduction
My Family
Mikey
 
 
 
What I have learned
My Favorites My Children and Grandchildren
Harry and Carol
My Favorite Prayer
My Favorite Poet
My Favorite Author
My favorite places
My favorite time of day
My favorite activity
My dog 
Dinner & Cards with Dick & Jan
My favorite picture of Jesus
   
In Grandpa's Life

In Grandpa's Life

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Pilgrimage 2005
Guardian Angel Garden
The Virtual Order of St Isidore of Seville
My Church The Catholic Church - The Only Church?
What is the Role of a Catholic in Society?
Humanitarian Intervention
Why Many Misperceive Christianity
On Gays and Marriage
Icons
Holy Week and the Easter Triduum
Sharing Christ’s Gifts 
Disturbing News
The Bells
Vatican II
The Faithful Revolution: Vatican II
Introduction
Part 1  
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
 
My Father Wrote Riding the Rollers with Pvt. Copeland
A Letter to the Editor
The Raindrops on Your Old Tin Hat
The Return
An Ex-Buck's Dream of Heaven 
Soldier's Prayer
Questions? Questions?
The Attack!
Looking Back
On the Job ... A Job History.
K-B Computer History
My Ships
 
USS New Kent
USS Gyatt
Grandpa's Values

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Articles by Don Articles, Letters, Dreams and Such I am having the time of my life right now About the book & my involvement
Recognition
Amen
Sister Dionysius
The Grandfather Clock
How Could I Go Back?
A Revelation
Church Bulletin Articles The Fourth Sunday of Easter 04/21/02
The Fourth Sunday of Lent, 2002 
Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2001
Third Sunday of Lent 2001
Third Sunday of Advent - 2000
“Love one another”
(John 15:9-17)
He is Risen!
Body and Blood of Christ
We Have a Mission!
Epiphany 2000 
Amen
Third Sunday of Advent, 1998
The Gospel according to Roseanne
We all want to be WINNERS
Genesis Revisited
The Snow Directors
My Beliefs  
A matter of Ancestral Traditions
Creation and God's Plan
Sodom and Gomorrah
A Homily - Pro-Life Sunday, 2002
No Shortcuts
God's Unconditional Love
Miracles 
A Human Life
The Bible 
We are blind
Creation 
The Lord's Prayer
The Lord Gives
A special page to describe my feeling of contentment.  
Thoughts About

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sanctity of Life A Picture of Life
Heroes
Fair Trial
 
Name the Unborn
The Death Penalty
The Catholic Choice
  God, Religion,
and Church
The Invitation
Living the Faith
Nature's "Free Will"
Terrorist Attack
Is There a God?
Why Pray?
God's Gifts
Saints
Why did Thomas Doubt?
Bereavement Reflection
Jesus and Animals
Ode to Joy
 A Wake Up Call
 I know how they feel
Withholding Donations
Problems vs. Mystery
The Growth of a Conscience
Gifts Rejected
A Spirit Filled Morning
Attendance, or Participation
The Rosary
Faith ... How to Expand It
The Invitation
We Can Do What We Can
Time to Pray for the Dead
Becoming a Christian
What Comes First?
Resurrection
Fear of the Unknown
Good and Evil
God's Gifts - the Children
The Immaculate Conception
Going to Church Can Be Dangerous
Let's Pretend
My Problem With the Moslem Faith
Reconciliation
May the Force 
Be With You
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Relationships 
with Others
She Died!
SLANDER
Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
WE ARE NOT BORN PERFECT!
Acceptance vs. Tolerance
Keeping Score
People with Disabilities
Nobody  Loves Me
Our Perceptions and Judgments
"If you don't have something good to say ..."
A Memorial and a Legacy
Marriage
We Are Social Animals
Sharing
Children Need Love
What Can One Person Do?
Real Power
Corporate Greed
Gross Selfishness
For You
People Who Care
ZERO Tolerance
The Rescuing Hug
Through the Eyes of a Child
Our World in Perspective
We save the best for ... what?
The deaf one
There is something greater between us
Them and Us and the Kingdom of God
Take the Children to the Wake
The Success  of Others
Offences - Taken & Given
Relationship 
with Ourselves
Being Part of the  Inner Circle
The Secretes of Life
If I can just get past this …
A Feeling of Well Being and Contentment
You need not look.
It will find you.
To Be Any Better
Who is Responsible?
Contentment
Our Passions
The Devil Made Me Do It
Self Discrimination
Flexibility
If you don't have something good to say ...
I'm Having The Time of My Life - The Poem
Self Importance
The Hostility Factor
Why do we Work?
Charitable Giving
 Do You Have Travel Plans?
What is important
A Creed
Never Wrong
The Power of Positive Thinking
The Naked Angel The Naked Angel
Am I in trouble?
Bitterness or Understanding
Choices
How We Chose to Live 
Max Lucado Chose Self Control
Chose Gentleness
Chose Faithfulness
Chose Goodness
Chose Kindness
Chose Patience
Chose Peace
Chose Joy
Chose Love
Defamation
Two Choices 
Perpetuation of Stereotypes
and other abominations.
Internet, Magazines,
Movies, TV Books
Television
A Race to the Bottom
I Sent an Email
An Email Warning
How do we Read?
Angels, Demons & Bruce Almighty
Living
The things we encounter
 in our lives
Deceptive Practices
Style or Substance
Gandalf Points the Way
Out-Sourcing Our Jobs
Campus Carnage - and Other Senseless Killing
Family Marriage
What is a Family?
Vive la différence
The Joy of Fulfillment
A Note From My Daughter
My Mothers
Our Nation The Catholic Choice
The Iraq War - 2008 
War With Iraq ... The decision
War With Iraq ... It has Begun
War With Iraq - ... Expecting Loyalty
Protesters & Scholastic Snobs
How did we get in this mess?
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Politics
I Protest! When we protest
Federal Legislation
Illinois Legislation
Petitions
 
My Church What is the Role of a Catholic in Society?
Humanitarian Intervention
Why Many Misperceive Christianity
On Gays and Marriage
Icons
 Holy Week and the Easter Triduum
Sharing Christ’s Gifts 
Christian Unity 
  St. Julie Billiart Parish Mission Statement
The Faithful Revolution: Vatican II
Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Special Times & Places

Special Times & Places
 

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A Mother's Day
Christmas My Christmas Prayer & Blessing 
A Different View of the Christmas Story
Christmas Past








 













 

Christmas 2004 - Photos 
Toothless Grin
Christmas Reality!
Merry Christmas, My Friend 
The Rifle
'Tis a Wonderful Christmas!
God's surprise visits  
Teach the Children
A Baby's Hug At Christmas
The Garage Sale Christmas
The Shopping Spree

Happy Holidays Everyone

The More I Love Christmas
The Dime ... a beautiful Christmas Story
Christmas this 2001
THE BEST GIFT
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Christmas Cards - 2001
The Christmas Envelope
Christmas Love
In the Midst of Brokenness
The Tablecloth

A Heart Warming Christmas Story

Ridge Academy, 2006

Tuesday,September 11,2001
 A Memorial 

Memorable Photos & Graphics
I was there
Making a Difference
Remember
First Anniversary A Homily
A Modern Psalm
Sept 11, 2002
A Great Sacrifice
The Flag Was Still There
 About a prayer for victims
More ...
An email cancer 
Death isn't Funny
National Day of Prayer
What a Difference a Day Makes
Bombing Afghanistan
Sex and the Moslem Fundamentalists
Open Letter to Terrorists
The Important Things in Life
Switzerland 9/12/02
Terrorist Attack
Is There a God?
Why Pray?
Grandpa Don's Prayer
 
Back in Time  TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED
KIDS IN THE FIFTIES 
The Clothesline
Warm Fuzzies
In 1902
For folks over 40..
How many do you remember?
The year 1957
What a difference a 100 Years Make! DELETE!
Favorite Things
How old
Go Back in Time - 2
The School of Hard Knocks
Old-timers and Smart Fellers
"Double Dog  Dare"
Go Back in Time
How do you know a Chicagoan?
From Other Sources

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Poetry and Life Love & Family
 
A Tribute - 90 Years
Torch of Love 
 You Get What You Give
A Love One's Touch
A Gift of Love to a Friend
God's Way An Angel Walking Out the Door
No One Clapped
Where shall I work today?
The World Is Mine 
My Garden of Peace
God's Boxes
I Don't Have Time
 IF I KNEW
You Get What You Give
I Hurt
Join Hands Together
The Gift of Life
Within Us Make a Difference
Through a Writer’s Eyes
Who Lives Alone
A new day
Loneliness
Bilbo's Poem
Washing the Dishes
My Creed 
The Good Life
Sweeter Each Day
DRINKING FROM MY SAUCER
Two Golden Days
God's Love
Each Day You Live
How to Find Happiness
You Are Worth It
Kindness The Garden in Our Hearts
So Much More
 
Prayers & Blessings Best Prayer
An Irish Blessing
Five Fingers of Prayer
We Are Called
The Phone Call To God
A Prayer for Victims and a Better World
To Make This Life Worth While
A Blessing ...George Eliot
He Made Me Whole
I feel at peace with myself and with God.
FOR YOU and everyone
Prayer for victims
Victims of man's evil
A prayer for you..." Unconditionally
A Prayer to God.com
Stewardship Prayer
Our Purpose in life?
Earth Bound Angel
A person can be a Blessing
God Bless You Always
By Grace E Easley
Grandpa Don's Prayer
We pray in our diversity
The Blessing of Light
An Irish Blessing
We are one with you
(Thomas Merton)
For Our Grandchildren
(and their parents)
The Supervisor's Prayer
Share yourself
The prayer of an 8 yr old
Be More Kind Kindness
Waiting
A Morsel of Kindness
This Be Our Creed
The Wide White Line
Random Acts of Kindness
Giving and Forgiving
The Parking Lot
Charity
Circle of Giving
On the Road
A Witness to Life D.R.E.A.M.S. D.R.E.A.M.S.'
D.R.E.A.M.S.'2
The Lasting Impression of DREAMS
Reflections of DREAMS
D.R.E.A.M.S. Continued
A Reflection on the Reflections
Ordinary People A Special Presentation A Frank Schober Story
Time and Talent A Story of Sam Alletto
ONE HEART ONE MISSION
What Christ Means to Me
 
A Bit of Humor The Silent Treatment
Diary of a Snow Shoveler 
Adoption Page Would you consider abortion?
Adoption, a Statement by Grandpa Don
The Legacy of an Adopted Child
Dave Thomas: The Face of Adoption
Just Love Me _ A poem by a former Foster child.
Tawnda Thomas's 1st mail - 
A hint of the story.
Tawnda Thomas's 2nd mail - 
Filling in the details.
Heroes
Harry Ronald Cecora
An Adoption Story
The really BIG surprise
A Human Life
A Meaning for Everyone
Angel in the Waters ..
A story for everybody from 2 to 100
Keaton Prints First Contact
A little different
Comfort to Families
Comfort for the elderly
More of the Story
A Meaning for Everyone
Mauree's Favorite
Heaven's Gift
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Perfectly Imperfect Email
An Answer for Nicole
Can I interest you in a stripper?
Pointers On Email

THE "FORWARDER'S" 12 STEP PROGRAM 

  Identify Yourself
  E-Mail Form Letter
Forwarding Email
Forwarding Attachments
Delete the >
Junk Mail & Spam Chain Mail
I don't do email petitions
Do Not Call List
Do you hate Spam?
If you can't say anything good ...
School project
Tips for  handling Spam
Filter Your Email?
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VIRUS WARNING!
I have been Spoofed
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