Mary Louise Eklund

Tag: parenting

  • Monday Memories – He-Man Belongs In A Hole

     

    He Man figures at ComicCon Rob Blatt Flickr 12dec15
    He-Man figures at Comic-Con by Rob Blatt on flickr. Used under the Attribution NonCommercial 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license he so graciously granted with the image.

    He-Man belongs in a muddy hole.
    Why?
    I dunno.

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  • A Proud Military Family

    A Proud Military Family

    This morning we got up early Mike dressed in his whites, we picked up Sara (Aaron’s girlfriend) and headed to North Milwaukee to the Military Entrance Processing Station or MEPS as it’s called.  Aaron had spent the day there Tuesday doing all he needed to joint the Army National Guard.  However, he knew a very special military officer he wanted to perform the swearing-in ceremony for him – his father.

    Here’s the pictures from this morning where Capt Mike Eklund swore in his son Aaron Eklund.

    Father is Capt in US Navy in white uniform - son in front raising right hand
    Father swearing son into the service of our country

    Now may I proudly introduce PV2 Aaron Eklund of the Army National Guard. He’ll be serving while he continues to attend University of Wisconsin Madison. There he’ll be with the ROTC program except when he takes the winter semester off for boot camp. Upon graduation he’ll be commissioned as an Officer and plans to work for the governor’s office in helping with preparedness for pandemics and bio hazards.

    Shaking hands and smiling after swearing in ceremony
    PV2 Aaron Eklund of the US Army National Guard and Capt Mike Eklund of the US Navy.

    Our family is proud to serve.

  • What I Would Save From A Fire

    What I Would Save From A Fire

    Let me first say I’d save all family members – skin covered or fur covered. Then at the top of my list is a little red composition book (that’s what I grew up calling wire bound notebooks) of which we must not speak. I have a treasure trove of family history items in my house but if I had to grab one thing it would be this dog-eared red notebook.

    red composition book
    The Book of Aaronisms

    I can’t share exactly what’s in it but I can tell you why it’s precious. In this notebook Mike and I recorded the things Aaron said growing up that made us laugh. We were that kind of parents. Mike was better at it than I but now we have snippets of childhood earnest conversations that made us giggle at the honesty and simple logic in his comments. We started the book when he was 4 and tapered off when he was about 10.

    Aaron graduating preschool to Kindergarten
    The Budding Philosopher

    I’ve often said this will be my first New York Times best seller. Aaronisms. However I’ve agreed never to publicly share the contents until I have his consent. Right now it’s just to embarrassing for him to share. Even though I think some of them are the wisdom of a child that grown-ups need. No, I’ll wait. There will be a time when all will be revealed. Until then the book is on the second shelf of my office bookcase at the end near the door so I can quickly grab it in case of fire. Maybe I should move it to the safe deposit box.

    Short post today. I’m feeling under the weather. Hopefully I’ll be back on my feet tomorrow.

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    Until next time.