Archive: June 7, 2009 - June 13, 2009
BritNews RoundUp: Blessed/Blasted Event Edition
Our first child arrived after 33 hours of labor. It was excruciating. I think it was pretty painful for my wife, too. At the other end of the spectrum you have mothers such as Katherine Allen of Milton Keynes in...
By John Kelly | June 12, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (1)
Hello Graduates: My Blake HS Commencement Speech
Yesterday morning I was at DAR Constitution Hall to deliver the commencement speech to James Hubert Blake High School's Class of 2009. This is the second graduation speech I've given. I did one over a decade ago at Rockville...
By John Kelly | June 11, 2009; 8:54 AM ET | Comments (15)
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman: Making the Restaurant Rounds
I don't get out much. Oh sure, I get out more than some people -- people in iron lungs, the incarcerated, agoraphobes -- but I am not a party animal. Which is why the last two evenings were so unusual....
By John Kelly | June 9, 2009; 9:29 AM ET | Comments (2)
The Graduate
The first-day-of-school picture is a staple of American families. Here is little Billy or Susie, dwarfed by their backpacks, heading out the door. I've done that at least a dozen times so far, more if you count kindergarten and preschool....
By John Kelly | June 8, 2009; 9:11 AM ET | Comments (7)
