May 27 08

I hope you all had a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend. Please never forget the tremendous sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. My nephew, Bob, is in the final days of his POW-training exercise. If he makes it to Sunday, he will graduate from his 2 year program and be a full-fledged Army Blackhawk helicopter pilot. Then, it will be on to Iraq or Afghanistan. Please keep Bob and all military men and women in your prayers.

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If you’re interested, a local radio station (WDEL) was kind enough to do a story on our Foundation and the upcoming 5k Run/Walk. Thank you, Pete Booker and Mellany Armstrong. If you’d like to hear it, the mp3 link is on the BePositive.org homepage, right below the story about the 5k.

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Last Saturday night, I couldn’t stop thinking about a phone conversation that I had with a friend of mine, Peter Kelts. Even though Peter and I never met in person, we emailed and spoke on the phone as he battled leukemia last year. In his pain and suffering, he so generously reached out to us to help us. I spoke with Peter one year ago (May 24, 2007) at about 6:30pm, just 5 hours before he went to Heaven. I will never forget that call. I will never forget Peter.

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Sunday was an exciting day in the McDonough household as Ali had her Senior Prom. I don’t want to embarrass her, but she looked beautiful. (Click 'Photos' at the top of the page to see what I mean.) The parent organizers at Ursuline did an amazing job with the After Prom party. On to graduation on Sunday, June 1st!!!

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Yesterday was an emotional day as Chris, Ali, and I presented the Andrew McDonough Trophy at the FC Delco Player’s Cup Memorial Day weekend tournament. It’s hard to believe that we presented this trophy one year ago, with all expectations that Andrew would handling the presentation duties this year. It was a very “spirited” game between Albertson Academy (NY) and the Olney Rangers from MD. I actually think it was more “spirited” on the sidelines. Both teams played great and all of the parents and coaches should be proud. And, God willing, there will be more soccer games to play. Keep it all in perspective. Thank you FC Delco, USTC, and Nike for honoring Andrew this way.

Please continue to keep the Brennans in your prayers as Erin’s Memorial Service is tomorrow.

Live Like Andrew - don’t take yourself too seriously.

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Ali’s & Andrew’s Dad