Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

As evidenced by his memorial , the love of JW, as does his memory, persists through the vicissitudes of life and time.

... 2005. Four years ago today, JW and his siblings returned to the old sod and celebrated St. Patrick's Day in Dublin after kissing the...

... by an anonymous Girl Scout (or Girl Scout cookie lover) for John.

It was two years ago this holiday weekend that JW, along with his brother and Buds, went snowboarding at Lake Tahoe. Photos from that weeke...

Some more pictures from John's "second family" taken at Joe's wedding (click on photos for close-up)

For those who have had an opportunity to listen to the music of solace at the earlier link , we thought we'd share with you the lyrics t...

As reflected in an earlier blog entry , Alex continues to fulfill her life plan. A few months ago, she achieved a significant accomplishmen...

...through music, courtesy of Vin Scelsa at WFUV-FM in New York can be heard by clicking here .

... from all the little geeks being helped by "the big geek." Such was the message we just received from some of the students at ...

Recall the very first post to this blog wherein we related the origin of the blog's title -- that it was only after JW's death that...

We just received an early holiday gift from John's "2 nd Family", the family of his life-long friend Joe. They sent us a sle...

Besides the never-ending love he shares with his family and friends, one of John's continuing legacies is the memorial technology fund e...

Mike and Gina recently moved into a new townhouse. To commemorate their new home and Halloween, they put a few jack-o-lanterns out on their...

Recall the earlier post regarding Mike's recounting of the time he and John and some of John's friends to include his best bud, Mar...

I realized that dad asked me to post my poem I wrote for John at his wake to the blog when he first put it up. However, I never got around ...

Not many people know this but John was a borderline “cat person”. He actually owned a kitten for a few weeks after he graduated college. ...

The other night, Mike & Gina along with Mom & Dad were sitting out on the deck. In the background, we were listening to our favorit...

This blog is intended more than anything else to be a reflection of John's life. In that vein, I thought this picture which I had take...

... flourishes! Note the newly hatched birds this past weekend from a nest in one of the cherry trees in JW's memorial .

Immediately after John's death, I began to scour the Internet looking for information to help all of us understand and cope. One of the...

Recall last year's commemoration of John's birthday which included a beer cup kickball game . This year, June, of course, was a ve...

This past weekend we had a wonderful time with Charleen & Tom and Joayn & Steve at Tom & Charleen's place at Smith Mountain ...

... has thoughtfully corresponded with us over the past couple of months. It is very heartening to hear how John's gift has been put to...

Recall earlier posts here , here, and here, with respect to the technology fund established at Mother Catherine Spalding School in rural...

As a reminder, this blog was created to allow ALL of John's friends and family to share their remembrances of JW. It is a virtual and h...

John's "little" brother, Mike and the love of Mike's life, Gina, were married this past weekend. John, of course, was the...

Today, June 22nd, Papa joined JW in heaven. John William Leonard the elder and John William Leonard the younger are reunited in the etern...

Pictures of JW's first and last birthdays. The joy at each was matched only by the joy at the 28 in between and we are so very thankful ...

All my children are special in their own way -- but there is one indisputable way that JW is unique. He was the one who made me a father fo...

... in so many ways. JW's memorial last June. JW's memorial this June