Daniel Greene

Tag: family

  • Families Can Be Together Forever

    This is dedicated to a colleague’s son who died suddenly last week at the age of 4. I attended his funeral at a Mormon church yesterday. The first order of service was singing a hymn called “Families Can Be Together Forever” whose lyrics resonated with me, a gay Jewish man:

    “I have a family here on earth.
    They are so good to me.
    I want to share my life with them
    Through all eternity.
    Families can be together forever
    Though Heavenly Father’s plan.
    I always want to be with my own family
    And the Lord has shown me how I can.”

    (Words: Ruth Muir Gardner, Music: Vanja Y. Watkins)

    It is interesting that I heard this song the day after watching the movie Juno and being struck by a line spoken by Ellen Page’s character: (more…)

  • Cuddle Time with Doggies

    I’m usually in on this myself, but it was great to be able to grab our point & shoot and get this little video of Buxley & Lady playing with each other and one of their daddies.

  • Introducing Lady



    Introducing Lady
    Originally uploaded by Daniel Greene.

    We have a new family member: Lady. We’ve already known her for more than a year now. She’s our neighbor lady’s dog, and our neighbor decided she just can’t keep up with her anymore. Buxley already fell in love with her when they first met. Adopting her feels like the most natural thing to do since J.J. died and our neighbor wants to put Lady in a new home!

  • Remembering J.J.



    Remembering J.J.
    Originally uploaded by Daniel Greene.

    Andy lit candles and laid J.J.’s collar and leash on the table. I wrapped the collar and leash around the candle and took this photo to complete the artistic expression of our loss.

    J.J. suffered several seizures in early December but rallied after taking medications for a couple of weeks. After a few weeks of seemingly good health, he suddenly took a turn for the worse. His hind legs gave out and he became incontinent. He started trembling and chattering his teeth. After a week of this, we made the decision to put him down.

    I’ve never loved a dog so much, or felt so loved by a dog. He took to me right away when I started dating his daddy (my partner, Andy), and we had many great times together for almost five years. He had a good life, was loved, and will be missed. Thank you, J.J.!

  • Sometimes we dress alike. Accidentally!

    My partner & I shop together and have similar taste in clothes. Occasionally we dress for work at different times, meet each other after work, and find we’ve dressed alike!