by Louie Ferrera | Nov 25, 2024 | Friends & Family
My dad Ray Ferrera passed away quietly last week, he was 95. Here’s my tribute to him. On Father’s Day in 1965 I was eight years. My dad was taking my older brother Ray and I to see our first baseball game at legendary Yankee Stadium. I’m sure I must have been...
by Louie Ferrera | Oct 19, 2024 | Friends & Family, Music
Q: When are 50 year old jokes the funniest? A: When they’re told among the same three friends 50 years later Of all the blessings in my life, and there are many, I count my friendship with Tim and Benji as one of the most blessed. And those 50 year old jokes? They’re...
by Louie Ferrera | Apr 22, 2024 | Friends & Family
Mitch, Andy and I are as close as friends can be. We’ve shared countless blissful times together over the course of our more than three decade friendship. Our annual boy’s weekends are much anticipated touchstones in our lives. The following is an account of one such...
by Louie Ferrera | Mar 18, 2024 | Friends & Family
On March 6th our precious twins turned twenty. I wrote them a letter. Dear Sam and Denali, So how on Earth did you both manage to turn twenty? The moment of your birth was a watershed event for your mom and I and without a doubt the greatest day in our lives. Two...
by Louie Ferrera | Jan 21, 2024 | Friends & Family
des-tin-y 1. the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events. It’s entirely possible that one of the most significant days of your life has come and gone without you noticing. It most likely appeared uneventful at the time but somewhere down the road...
by Louie Ferrera | Dec 29, 2023 | Friends & Family
It’s December 26, Christmas is finally over. All of the major holidays begin and end on their designated day. Thanksgiving, New Years, Halloween…etc they’re all one and done. Sure, there is a lead up to each of these days, but the actual celebrations last just the one...
Lots of great stuff here! I can smell the greenwood here, the earth, the sap, the slight humid feeling when…
Proud Parents for sure! she will treasure this essay for years to come.!! Congratulations Denali!
What a milestone for Denali and you! I'm crying reading this. I know she'll do well--she already has. But your…
Oh my goodness- your words resonate with my entire being - Yes! our time with our littles is fleeting and…
Joni was right. It won’t be long now till you drag your feet just to slow that circle down. Very…