Father’s Closing Message ~ 2023

Father’s Closing Message ~ 2023 19 February 2023   If I say this every year, you’ll forgive me, won’t you?  How quickly the hours of our time together have passed. How strange … The same hand I offered you in greeting is now and suddenly pressed in...

Father’s Closing Message ~ 2022

Father’s Closing Message ~ 2022 20 February 2022   Another Winterfest draws to its close. Wasn’t it only hours ago I greeted you at the doorway of the Great Hall as I watched you descend the Windy Staircase, greeting you at the doorway of the Great Hall...

Father’s Closing Message – 2021

Father’s Closing Message – 2021 21 February 2021 Here we are at the end of our days together. How can that be? I simply blinked! Wasn’t it just this morning I waited for you at the Great Hall door? I watched you descend the windy staircase and felt every...

Father’s Closing Message – 2018

Father’s Closing Message – 2018 February 11, 2018 Another Winterfest draws to its end. How many have we held, some might ask, and there is a number – an accounting of anniversaries – I could provide, but, while factual, it would an imperfect answer. Our...