• Family

    My Parents

    Here’s the DVD I created for my Parents 50th Anniversary.  It’s a late version, but not the final version.  It was a fun project. There was some discussion amongst us children on the…

  • Family

    My Mom

    Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why…

  • Life

    The Surgery

    I woke up that Saturday morning with two anesthesiologist over me. Not 100% coherent, probably not even 50%. Kinda sorta maybe remember being wheeled out of my room. My sister might have been…

  • Life

    The ER

    New people surround me as I lay there on the ambulance gurney. They need to get me off but I want nothing of that. Sure the ER bed is bigger and more stable,…

  • Life

    My Life Changed

    I broke my left femur on Friday, August 12, 2016. It was just a normal day. A week away from Charlie heading off to college. We wanted to spend time together and debated…

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    The Job

    I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And…

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    Fear

    There’s no fear like losing your dog. Second to that is seeing someone else lose their dog. As I turned off Santa Fe on my drive home from work today, around the corner…

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    Gram

    Strong women need not declare they can carry all the burdens in life. They just quietly do it and survive with a smile. Princess Maleiha Bajunid Candao My Gram was a strong woman.…