Tag: family

  • On My Moment with Grandma ‘Nisa

    On My Moment with Grandma ‘Nisa

    I had my moment This’ll be a short post; I originally was going to add it to the end of my last post, but I figured I’d put it here instead. On Tuesday, we had Grandma ‘Nisa’s funeral. It was really sad but also really nice to see all the Rauch family come together—your Uncle…

  • On Grandma ‘Nisa

    On Grandma ‘Nisa

    Boys, Yesterday, I got a phone call from Papa Rauch. He said that your Grandma ‘Nisa was very sick and that the doctors didn’t think she was going to live for much longer. You boys were at school and I went up to see her in the hospital. Right after I got there, the doctors…

  • On You 2

    On You 2

    Boys, So you have this big wooden ship. And you go sailing and things are great and ooops you hit a rock and damaged one plank. So you make it back to harbor and you take that plank off the ship — you don’t mess with the sails or the anchor or the mast or…

  • On you two, too

    On you two, too

    Boys, It’s been a few since I’ve just riffed on you two. Koen, it’s your birthday week and your mom and I have a few things planned — more accurately, your mom has a few things planned — but one of the things is that we’re going to do a “yes day.” I would have…

  • On Rauchdy Match 4 Recap

    On Rauchdy Match 4 Recap

    Boys – Big weekend this past weekend. Your cousins came into town and stayed the night for Fam Fest and everyone had a ton of fun. But this isn’t about any of that. This is about the events that took place on Friday beginning at 5pm. This post, is about what happened at the Rauchdy…

  • On #RauchdyMatch 4.0 Forecast

    On #RauchdyMatch 4.0 Forecast

    Boys, I mentioned in the Adam Sandler post that we’ve been watching a lot of his movies recently — especially after Happy Gilmore 2 came out. But as I think about how to write about this year’s match, I think of a scene toward the end of Billy Madison where Billy and Eric are competing…

  • On Deb

    On Deb

    Boys, I’ve written and rewritten this post a dozen or so times because I know that when I send it out, I want the person that this post is about to understand exactly how we feel about her and what she has done with our family. I want her to know that she has been…

  • On Summer 2025 Mixtape Draft

    On Summer 2025 Mixtape Draft

    Boys, In my drafts folder, I have started a handful of posts about a handful of things. So, instead of fighting through writer’s block and seeing things through, I am going to just hit you with a Summer 2025 Mixtape of things you both have been up to this year. Since this is a four-person…

  • On Club Championships and The Rauchdy Match 4.0

    On Club Championships and The Rauchdy Match 4.0

    One hourse. Two club championships. One weekend. See who came out on top and who doesn’t want to talk about it again, OK?!?

  • On Reagan’s Golfing Debut

    On Reagan’s Golfing Debut

    Someone once said that if you make golf as much of an experience as you do a sport, kids will want to keep playing. Feel like we’re on our way!