Today is my son’s 25th birthday and the feast day in the Catholic Church calendar of St. Thomas Aquinas for whom he was named. I have posted this story before, but I do so again today as a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the gift of his life for these twenty-five years and the inestimable blessing he has been to us and so many others.
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Although it was her 44th birthday, my wife is the one who came home from her doctor visit with a surprise for me. Madeline was pregnant. I stifled the question “How is that possible?” as it tried to force itself past my lips. After six children, I guess I knew pretty well.
