He'd always been our hero.
"William Alfred """Bill""" Shea" was an American lawyer and a name partner of the prominent law firm of Shea & Gould. He is probably better known as the founder of the Continental League, which was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York City with the New York Mets, and for being the namesake of Shea Stadium/the stadium where that team played for 45 years.
More William Shea on Wikipedia.He was so looking forward to coming home at Christmas and bringing this special girl with him. He was probably happier than he'd ever been in his life.
My son was a good man who set his sights high and reached them by becoming a Ranger.
It feels like it happened yesterday.
I'm both gratified and a little surprised at the on-rush of sentiment and affection for him that we've seen. You would suppose that in these circumstances a lot of hyperbole goes on, and I'm just not seeing that. This affection for Tim pre-existed these circumstances.
Tim used to say that saying - 'It's all good,' ... And as things went on in Iraq, especially in this past year, his response was that it is what it is. There's a maturity to that.
You think as time goes by, it'll get better, ... But it's just emptiness and sadness. Thank God I'm a religious person. And there better be a heaven, because I do a lot of talking to my son up there.
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