Awareness: A Father’s Story
October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month. Dysautonomia (dis – auto – no – mee – uh): disorder of autonomic nervous system Awareness: knowledge or perception of a situation or fact. You… Read more »
Category: Family
A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
The title of this post is tribute to this poem by the same name. It pretty much has nothing to do with what I'm about to write, but my tenth-grade… Read more »
Reality Is Boring
Late last night my family returned home from what we dubbed our "mini-vacation." Rather than taking a big, expensive family vacation this year, we stayed relatively local and took a… Read more »
Trust but verify?
This morning as I was standing in the bathroom getting ready for church I had the following conversation with my 2-year-old daughter. "Owa showa Daddy?" "Yes, baby, I'm out of… Read more »
In remembrance
Long-time readers of my blog (all three of you) may remember a post I wrote a few years ago about the inflatable Winnie the Pooh yard ornament I'm forced to… Read more »
Those pesky definitions
Wednesday I took my daughter Elise to the doctor for her 15-month checkup. I'm pleased to report that she is growing and developing right on schedule for a child her… Read more »
Our visit with Santa
This weekend, among other things, my family went to see Santa. It was the typical setup where Santa is there in his little make-shift North Pole with a helper or… Read more »
A lesson in trust
As a parent I’m supposed to be the one guiding and teaching my children, and I hope that I do, but the reality is that they’re always teaching me. They… Read more »
Happy Birthday
Happy 1st birthday to my baby girl Elise! (Yes, I know she can’t read this.)
Thanksgiving
Today I felt the need to write. I’m hurting today. I have chronic back pain from an injury several years ago and today it’s bad. It was bad yesterday. It’s… Read more »