Blog Post #2
This weekend was the first anniversary of the passing of my second son, Matthew. His unexpected passing was shocking and beyond sad. I was out of state when it happened and cut my trip short to rush home to insure that I could properly say goodbye. After his cremation, he was interred in the Newton Family burial plot in Griffin, Georgia. After losing Mary Alice in June, Matthew’s passing in February was like a second and devastating punch in the stomach. At the age of 31, Mat
Blog Post #1
After learning how to diagram sentences and speak Latin in a parochial school for eight years, I have always had a love of the English language. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that I launch this web site and blog to coincide with the publication of my first book. The end was only the beginning started as a love story while sitting in the chemotherapy suite with my wife, Mary Alice. I wanted to write about her life before we met and our subsequent life together so while