[Magdalen] Happy birthday Eric Funston - September 29

[Lynn Ronkainen]

my folks always joked that my sister was the result of  the *one* time they 
stayed home on New Year's Eve (ice storm)

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the 
ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall.”

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 1:47 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Happy birthday Eric Funston - September 29

> My youngest brother, as well as one of my very good friends, were both 
> born
> on September 25, which is 9 months *to the day* after Christmas. That
> occasioned more than a few jokes after we got to a certain age.
> (Incidentally, they were also born close to the same time of day in the
> same year, adjusting for time zone differences across the country since 
> she
> was born in Waukegan, IL and he was born in Oakland, CA) When I worked in
> neonatal we used to joke about the sharp uptick in the number of births in
> September being a result of Christmas, the season of giving.
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:35 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, no fewer than four of my friends were born Sept. 29, Sept. 30 and
>> Oct. 1st. Of course, we prefer to think "Christmas Eve" or Christmas
>> morning :-)
>> -M
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Eric reminded everyone with birthdays this week to thank their parents
>> for
>> > celebrating New Year's Eve!
>> >
>>