Welcome to our family page

A new chapter of the website.

Our personal and family stories, all in one cozy place.

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Our Family Story

A cozy corner where our memories, milestones, and everyday moments come together.

This is an even more secure page where I can share our life while keeping access to a minimal. Some prefer to not have their faces publicized. I have to make room for their privacy too.

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This is not a business site-it's intended for sharing with family and friends, as well as for showcasing my work to others.

One of my biggest challenges in creating a webpage is balancing privacy with respect for those who prefer not to have their photos or videos made public.

Managing privacy on my webpage means restricting access to certain sections, often with separate sign-in requirements. Not the most convenient solution and can inhibit the purpose of a webpage, however it helps provide an added level of protection.

I will do my best to be considerate and respectful of everyone's concerns.

Privacy

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Family Moments

Snapshots that capture our everyday joy.

"Mom & Dad," a personal film that started out as a project to create a short film on one of my vacations to Maine in July 2020. My mom passed away so I was not able to continue filming for the project.

Later in 2026 I came up with an idea to use the few clips I had and combine them with old footage in my video archive of mom and dad to share with family. Anyone who knows my mom knows how she hated having her picture taken making video even more rare.

All I have left now are scattered video clips and fleeting moments captured on camera. Looking back, I wish I had taken the time to record just one simple conversation with my mom and dad sitting together on the porch overlooking the lake - sharing stories from their past, reflecting on the lessons they learned, and leaving behind the most important message they hoped future generations would remember. Those are the memories and voices I would treasure most today.

This video preserve treasured moments of Mom and Dad over the past 25 years. Some even include Aunt Lillian, Dot, Joe, Raymond, Aline, Sr. Marie Oliva and many others. Along the way, many family members, spouses, former spouses and friends became part of those memories and appear in the recordings. To honor the privacy wishes of everyone, some of whom have asked not to have their images shared online, this video is not publicly accessible. The videos may be viewed only through private, personal sharing on a one-to-one basis.

Mom & Dad

To help protect the privacy of others, this video is restricted.

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My Journey project

from 1983 to present...

The next step...

create a video bio

"History is a symphony of echoes heard and unheard. It is poem with events as verses." - Charles Angoff

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One day, I would love to create a video bio. Since leaving Jackman to join the military in 1983, I’ve lived far away from my family. Looking back, I wouldn’t recommend moving so far away that visiting for even a weekend becomes difficult. The truth is, once you build a life somewhere else, relocating becomes much harder than you ever imagined.

The world is full of beautiful places to live. Along the way, you meet someone, get married, buy a home, raise children, and establish a career. When you enjoy your work and your family is thriving, returning home is not their home. It can feel almost impossible after a certain point. There are so many things to consider — the cost of living, career opportunities, school, the political climate, and the needs of the family you’ve built, who matter just as much.

One day, I’d like to create a video that shares where I am today, what I’ve been doing, what drives me, and helps fill in the gaps from the past 40-plus years.

This website is a beginning — a way to communicate better and preserve my family’s legacy through the restoration of old family photographs. It’s something meaningful I can do from far away, especially when I don’t have the chance to sit on the porch with family and talk about old times. Through stories, photos, and memories, I can still pass something along — and that’s far better than not sharing at all.

Many of you probably understand the feeling of living isolated from family. Maybe you also have family living far from home, or perhaps you are the one who moved away and can relate to the distance, the memories, and the desire to stay connected but don't know how. Social Media is not a method I prefer, traveling to Maine cost as much as a vacation to be beach and a beach rental or travel other parts of the world. The family vote counts on where to go. I rarely work a week without overtime. Time is a factor.

I think mom would have preferred to stay in Boston where my mom and dad met. She understood my purpose and knew it was not easy and how much I missed home. In retirement, I plan to spend a lot of time at the lake house when I don't have to hurry back to home away from home.