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Today is my father’s 77th birthday-Arthur Murphy, unfortunately he was buried on Wednesday #veteransday! I played golf with him just 5 weeks ago @theridgeclub89 🏌️ as we did every Wednesday all summer !
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I always hoped
or envisioned that day to be the celebration of life
with a glorious send off for this #greatman but not exactly due to COVID!
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He was son of Navy military man , he did not meet his father until he returned from WW11 to the #columbiapoint war veteran family shacks!
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At 18 in 1961 he joined the #Local103 #IBEW UNION. He built a life, a great family (5children 15 grandchildren) , a successful business, and impacted so many along the way!
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A #selfmade man -honest ,hard working , brutally direct , intense , straight laced, tough discipline man - a coach , a teacher , a mentor, a boss , and a tenacious business man .
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He was a humble quiet man , I set this picture up on my wedding day - a great example of his class!
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There are so many cool amazing #stories of this man’s life that people have shared with me this week!
One of the craziest guy’s I met in the Boston Construction world said to me back in the day “ I really don’t fear too many people in this city, but if I cross him, I will be long gone ! 😂 ... As tough as he was, he gave so much love , second chances and endless support and encouragement to everyone he could including me !!!
Happy birthday #oldman #rip Dad you are with mom now 🙏....
#fatherandson
#fathersleadingfamilies
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#lewybodydementia
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#bethebestyou
#neverquit
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#legacy
#commonman
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#lessonsoflife
#onelifeliveit
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#oldschool #toughasnails
#Rip #travisroy Here is his #hockey number #24 lit up by #Fidelity building beside #southstationboston last night with some assistance by the #AMURPHY crew !
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I remember this like it was yesterday, it hit me so hard ..... in 1995/96 a few months later my #bestfriend suffered a neck injury on the same spot on the #bu ice and became a #quadriplegic !
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👈swipe left see pic#4 where Gilpatrick and Roy down at the Shepherd Center in #Atlanta ! I remember visiting them down there and hanging out with them quite a few times !
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Travis was a #rolemodel for #athletes and all people is so many ways in the face of tremendous #adversity and a #shattereddream 🙏!
#countyourblessings
#keepyourheadup
#supportyourfriends
#turntragedyintotriumph
#anygivensunday
#hopeandfaith
#positivity
#neverforget
#sunrise is the most #peaceful moment of the day! #earlybirds #breathitin from wherever ! #mentalclarity
#momentofsilence
#neverstopexploring
#beforesunrise
#takeitin
#risewiththesun
#listen
Ty 🙏Ellen - So nice to wake up to this review ! This is exactly what my intentions were when I #published this #novel on #realifeshit in the #80’s and #90s !
To “ sit in front” of #students and have #thetalk about the #life the #feelings the #choices the #racism around these #characters ........ but #Educators / #highschools have yet to display the #courage , or the intelligence to make it happen 🤔!
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As the @dotrat2 recently posted ” If boys don’t learn, then men don’t know” !
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#enoughisenough
#changeforthebetter
#racialequality
#educate
#allschoolread
Just a guy in 2019 with a book and the intent to talk about #violence #racism #corruption #friendship of the past and move into a better future 😳! @mtwyouth
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Thanks for the review Lynne Curran -so #relevant 😉👊
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Chapter 1-15 is complete of the continued journey of these two main characters one black - one white from the streets of #Boston !
#comingsoon
#blackandwhite
#realworld
#book
#netflixseries
#historicalfiction
#dotherightthing
#thetalk
#bookclub
#friendship
#highschool #story
#Chillingout with some #elevatedminds after some @iceman_hof breathing excercises
And then a 2 minute 45-55 degree #icebath with (6) 20lbs bags of ice. I am still high off this !!! And it was very much needed !!!
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We will do again soon!!
#fireandice
@mcristoforo
@slippery_pete145
@andriablackman
@justinholmes_fitness
@christine_mylife_
#freedom
#goodvibes
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#bealive
#awaken
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#positivevibes
#commune
#eastsidecrew
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#breathedeep
#eastcoast
#breaktheice
#liftup
Tbt to the picture on my way to work at the #alleycatlounge in The mid #90’s #boylstonstreet place ! Who remembers this bar ?!
At 18 I went out to every bar in the city to pick up shifts and #makethemoney , started out as #barback and because of my #hustle made #bartender at 20 before I was legal😂😂!
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At that same time I was in the #local103 as an apprentice electrician , taking classes @umassboston , teaching #kickingboxing #aerobics at the @bostonathleticclub and many other #sidehustles ....
: blame it on my #add 😂
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What a #great #bostonbar that I met so many cool people in this great college city !! I was always fist-in 👊 to break up the fights with the #bouncers , !!!
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Almost lost the job due to my
Close Inner circle of Southie and Hanover friends that occasionally showed up to take the place by storm !!
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This is when the combat zone was still in full effect 😳!!
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The note here is #makewisedecisions #makeaplan for the #future and #nevergiveup💪 !
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And
Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life 🙏✌️!
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The #Alleycat lounge where the #coolcats meet😉!
Check out the podcast I did with @olddirtyboston (10New Episodes) So Cool to go in and just talk freely about how crazy life was in the 90’s! Great conversation about then and now and how the story of #neighborhood lines came alive ! Where two #bostonteens #oneblackonewhite #beef #bond #riseabove the #neighborhoodlines
During a time of the city’s darkest moments and highest murder rate !
We left Quite a few mind blowing stories on the editing floor but will surface in the next novel coming out real soon !!!
Repost from @olddirtyboston
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In this episode I sit down with author of @neighborhoodlines Michael Patrick Murphy. Michael shares some very personal stories about his family history in Southie and the south shore. The cops, the criminals, the drugs, Michael talks about it all.
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