I know this post is a little late and long overdue but it has been a busy week trying to get things wrapped up at the office in time for the Christmas holiday. I'm also terrible at these kinds of things. So I apologize ahead of time🤣 I want to take a moment to thank all of you for being part of this journey with me. I would not have reached level 9 without your support, encouragement, and conversations. I'm truly grateful for your kindness and friendship. I would first like to thank @Antonio Centeno for creating this group that allows us to interact with each other. I have built friendships and had amazing camaraderie with the men in this group. I also want to give special thanks to @James Milson , @Jeffrey Plotka , @Raymond Reeves , @Gunny Khan , @Banjo Piggott Wright , @Sean Kavanaugh , @Carl Ronny Birkeland , @Justin Tillery , @Robert Meyers , @Alan Dormire , and @Mitch Hoover I know I'm forgetting a whole bunch of people but thank you to the many others that I have forgotten. Thanks again you guys are the best!

Tim was partially right. Although my choir director buddy Allen Bean from Good Shepard Episcopal Church and I went to O’ Tooles and sat frequently at the booth with the McGuire family crest on our weekly sojourn to the pub in Richmond, VA after choir practice- it wasn’t until about 2004 when I joined the band with Timmy that I fully embraced my heritage. Tim would have loved the bells and smells mass today as we celebrated his life. One of our two girl singers in our band was the Cantor and not only did we do St. Patrick’s Breastplate as the processional, but she did a solo Celtic blessing in Gaelic and another in Latin. Provincially the article I sent to the paper weeks ago was printed today as was the re opening of our favorite pub ( the two owners -one in a fireman’s kilt - and my favorite bartender are in the pics shown). I couldn’t have ever anticipated a better celebration of my very best friends life! A long tearful celebratory day. OOTD Black linen blazer Orvis Waxed Cotton blackwatch waste coat White silk pocket square Black silk tie Grey flannel trousers Black Byford OTC socks J Fitzpatrick captoes 1949’s Bulova Watch. https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/farewell-to-the-worlds-largest-leprechaun/article_42394c03-33fa-4848-832e-cedcf1a56f86.html

All dressed up. Suit up! lol Dtae night. Nutcracker and dinner with my wife