Happy Birthday to Bob Church!!
Bob Church is the father of my girlfriend Kristin. He will be celebrating his 61st birthday today and with quite a circus of friends and family around him (including my own parents and sisters). We are all up here in Moberly, Missouri and it will be quite a day to remember (I brought the camera for the parts of the day I’m unable to remember due to alcohol consumption). Bob has been diagnosed with multiple forms of cancer and has been on chemotherapy for the last 2 months. It has been a very difficult time for all of us who know him. The above picture was taken by me back in July while he, his daughters and I played a game of Spades.
His true passion, second to his family of course, is writing. As mentioned before (and linked permanently to the left in my “blogroll”), he has quite a blog full of brilliant short stories, humorous tall tales and exquisite poetry that you can find here:
http://not-quite-right-bubba.blogspot.com/
If you didn’t visit it before, I encourage you to do so right now and leave him your best comments and birthday wishes. And while you’re there, you might want to purchase a copy of this magazine that Bob has been published in:
Trust me, it’s worth the money.
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Hi, David…
Thanks for the advertising! Ha! It was so great to see everyone and I’m so honored that folks would turn out in the numbers that they did, it’s quite humbling.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
I will be adding content from the party to this address:
http://www.davestechsupport.com/bobsbirthday
Anybody can download photos and video of the party from that address.
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 am
It was nice to meet you at the festivities. I’m the crazy lady who loves ubuntu who talked to you for a while. Great job on those photos you took. You covered the day down to every detail. I really appreciate the download since my own camera went kaput on me. Looking at your shots was like enjoying the day all over again. Thanks again for the pics!
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Thanks for sharing these downloads with us, Dave! It may have been Bob’s birthday but he gave us the best gift - the gift of friendship. My world is a better place because of Bob!
September 26th, 2008 at 1:11 am
Hi Dave, It was so nice to meet you and have the chance to thank you personally for your technical advice in the past. As Karen said, It was Bob’s birthday but we got the best gift he could have given us - the opportunity to meet him and his wonderful family & friends. And, as a bonus, I sat in the chair from where the brilliance begins!
Thanks so much for the photos.
November 18th, 2008 at 3:41 am
Hi… I’m a blog friend of Bob’s, and I just wondered if you knew if he was doin’ ok. We haven’t heard from him over there in a long time. I miss him.
Thanks,
A.
November 19th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Bob and Louise moved to Topeka about a month ago and his health has gotten worse since his birthday not long ago. His most recent stay at the hospital lasted about one week. Most of the time he spends awake he is barely awake (due to the morphene drip to reduce the pain) and otherwise spends most of the time asleep. I don’t think he’s been on the Internet or checked his email since the move. He spends all of his days and nights in a hospital bed in their living room and enjoys watching talk shows and court TV to help pass the time. His computer is attached to the big screen TV in the living room but its still difficult to read what’s on screen. I think it takes too much energy for him to deal with the computer. I will see if he might be up for using a laptop situated on a tray over his lap if he thinks he might be up for it. I will let him know that his fans and friends online are worried.