I was going back and forth with a friend of mine last night on Facebook about the goings on in our nation's capital, and the whole Jeffery Epstein, Prince Andrew affair, when he suggested I write a blog post about it. I told him I don't like getting too political on the blog. While social media is public, I'm not a great presence on it, so a little virtual banter with a buddy on FB is one thing. Writing manifestos on the blog is another.
But even if I was inclined to pontificate on the political scene, and yes the Jeffery Epstein scandal is a political scandal as well as a moral tragedy, the blog is on hiatus for the time being. It's been unofficially so since late September, but today I'm making it official.
Starting in 2007 my father suffered a series of health issues. Each one was big, and each time he beat the odds. It really was miraculous at times, and we're pretty sure the Blessed Mother, under the title of our Lady of Fatima in particular, had a hand in in him pulling through on more than one occasion. It was clear from at least the beginning of the summer that, while his spirit and legendary sense of humor was still strong, the human engine was failing, and the time was short. Since I began classes at Catholic University in late August my father's health continued to decline steadily. I went home the last week of September, and he passed nine days later.
In all I missed almost three weeks of class, but to tell the truth I wasn't really here even when I was - before and after my father died. We're at the end of the semester now, and I have a lot of work to make up. My professors have been more than understanding, but the assignments, past and present, still need to be done.
So I will be doing a lot of writing in the next weeks, just not on the blog. I'm hoping to be back sometime in January to start over.
In the meantime please say a prayer for the repose of my father's soul. His name is Anthony Frank Provenzano, but everybody called him Sonny.
I'm praying for all of you, please pray for me. I wish all of you a blessed Advent and Christmas, and a prosperous New Year. See you in 2020.
