A lot's happened in the last 15 days, since New Year's Eve when my dad had a stroke. It's rather surreal when I stop to ponder. But there hasn't been too much time for that. Funny, you don't think about what it means to take over someone's life and be responsible for everything related to …
Category: attitude
Friday Faves, Issue #24
ShaZAM! Another edition of Friday Faves for you. Hope these provide you a little pick-me-up ~ if so, please share with your peeps to further the GOOD. Destination of the Week: Dandeli India, a place I knew nothing about until I met a fellow Lion from there, and our two clubs started a partnership to …
Ownership: It’s on YOU
The title says it pretty well. With maybe capital letters to accentuate who needs to step up. YOU have ownership. Of EVERYTHING. Lately I've been listening to a great voice on leadership, Mr. Jocko Willink. Am sure I've mentioned him elsewhere in this blog. Suffice to say, he knows a lot about leadership, and has …
Sometimes Sleep
Sometimes sleep is exactly what we need. Sometimes we've worked long hours for many days. Sometimes we've taken on more than we bargained for, juggling more plates in the air than we may have thought possible. Sometimes we realize that things are just difficult from time to time, or frequently, or constantly. For a while, …
Stroke, Day 20
It's been rather rough the past week or so. The reality of our dad's stroke has thoroughly soaked in. There's only a sticky residue on my skin now. I can't wash it off. This situation is the new normal. It's going to be with us as long as our parents are alive. There's way too …
#kidtime/2, Sunday
Not sure how it is in your world, but on this side, it seems like the list of things to do is never-ending. Sundays are no exception. There's the usual stuff we all have to attend to: dishes, laundry, picking up from the previous week, checking and paying the bills for the week, grocery shopping...if …
FRIDAY FAVES, ISSUE #22
Don't know about you, but on my side 2016 is starting off at a pretty good clip. Another week in the books, another edition of Friday Faves for you. ENJOY! Destination of the Week: Kerala is a state in the southwest corner of India. 13 reasons for applause and an indication that things CAN get …
Relative Struggle
The dictionary defines the word STRUGGLE thus: "To contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive." There's been a fair amount of low-level, daily struggle with my family's current health situation. As I shared last week, my father suffered a stroke on New Year's Eve. He's now in a stroke rehabilitation center beginning his comeback. …
Marriage is a Choice
My wife, SCL, is a very thoughtful person. Smart too. And pretty, well...pretty as well (I was going to say HOT!, but thought better...whoops!)... We've been together ten years, married seven, and have three kids under five (if you've read other posts, you might know this already). The following is a piece she posted a …
Stroke, Revisted
My first experience with stroke was as a little boy. My father's mother, who lived in western New York, had a stroke when she was in her sixties. That stroke changed grandma's life. She never went home. She was in a nursing home the rest of her life, until she died many years later. What …
