Patrick T Reardon

November 2013

Love and the giving of thanks

By |2013-11-28T09:16:01+00:00November 28th, 2013|

By Sarah Reardon, David Reardon, Cathy Shiel-Reardon and Patrick T. Reardon Originally published in the St. Gertrude parish bulletin about 10-15 years ago It all comes back to love. Gratitude [...]

Small gestures

By |2013-11-27T16:00:05+00:00November 27th, 2013|

This essay originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 25, 2013 A couple years ago, when my sister Mary Beth was working a part-time job at a local health [...]

Creaking up and down the court

By |2013-11-27T15:46:38+00:00November 27th, 2013|

This essay originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune on October 2, 2013 I started playing basketball when I was 11-years-old. That’s more than half a century ago. I still play, [...]

No expert, just a do-gooder

By |2013-11-27T15:41:04+00:00November 27th, 2013|

This essay original appeared in the Chicago Tribune on August 25, 2013 Edward Paul Brennan was one of us. A nobody. Born in 1866, he made deliveries for his father’s [...]

Hope, baseball and A-Rod

By |2013-11-27T15:32:44+00:00November 27th, 2013|

This essay was originally published in the Chicago Tribune on August 7, 2013 I took my first baseman’s mitt to U.S. Cellular Field Monday night for the opening game of [...]

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