Patrick Meadows and Stephanie Shepard Memorial Site
With so many different memories and images in my head I thought about writing something on Father’s Day, but instead I spent the time with family and watched little Max and his father Aaron together, glad to be part of that family, a designated grandfather through my connection with Jessica. JPI’m the son of Patrick […]
It’s Christmas 2019. I’m visiting the kids and grandson. Donna is here too, as is Marc, Aaron’s step-dad. I think it has been raining, but I haven’t looked out the window to check. It’s still dark outside. I’m not the only one awake (Max, at 16 months, is an early riser), but I’m the only […]
My grandson Max is three weeks old today. Here’s a picture of me reading The Ballad of the Glonk to him when he was less than two weeks old. Thus it is that I share Patrick’s writing and Dan’s artwork with a new generation. JPI’m the son of Patrick of Meadows.
In honor of my new status as a grandfather to baby Max, it is time to post The Ballad of the Glonk which is a children’s book that Patrick wrote in the 1960s, illustrated by Dan Christoffel. He told me he’d tried to get it published, but the editors of the day didn’t want stories […]
About 12 hours ago I became a grandfather for the first time. I’m now “Granddaddy John” for Baby Max, and I’m delighted. Patrick was a grandfather four times over. In his last years he even prepared to adopt the youngest if necessary in order to insure a healthy, stable future for her. I am excited, […]