I am single 55-year old man who has never been married and has no children. I am a young in spirit, busy, stable, hasty and generally happy person. I am progressive in my politics, and old fashioned in my loyalties to a large core group of family and friends. I also happen to be a cis gendered heterosexual who identifies with the traditional male pronouns. I date if not frequently, at least occasionally. I have no significant other at the moment.
I have during my time in California continued to own a condo in my own home town of Lexington, MA, and continue to refer to Lexington as “home” I think of myself as a Bostonian and, with the exception of a total of five years respectively in New Hampshire, Chicago, Sydney Australia, and now the last 5 in California, I have lived in the Boston area. Boston, Lexington in particular, always has and likely always will feel like home. I will regardless of what church I serve, spend a couple days a week in and around Lexington and in support of my Dad.
One of the more unique things about my life is that, until recently, I spent most of my adult life on an average of four nights a week working the overnight shift in residential group homes with people who have cognitive challenges. They, like the five churches I have served over the last 20 years of ministry have felt like extended family to me.
As I have said before, the primary reason I am returning from California is to be present to my aging father and a support to my brothers who have, over the last couple of years, been increasingly called in to care for him as his capacities decline. He has Alzheimer’s and is losing his eyesight. He is presently, as he likely will remain in an assisted living facility within 3 miles of my two brothers in Lexington. I am returning to be a part of that team.