Back when I was a kid in high school we had a “CC” team that ran through the cornfields of Northwest Ohio. It wasn’t a large team, but it brought with it a great sense of belonging and diversity. I always thought that the “CC” stood for Cross County. For some reason, in the past…
There. I said it. One of the things that I used to love is gone. Just keepin in real. I bought a car in February of 2011 that had 5,000 miles on it. On March 3rd, less than a month later, I was blinded by one of two Cavernous Malformations in my brain stem. From…
This is a tough subject for me to write about. No-one can really imagine what I see, but I’d like to give you an idea. The idea is that you’ll have an appreciation. Maybe someday this will help somebody. I often remind people that I only have one eye. Well, that’s not entirely true. I…
These last few days I’ve had my face in my phone more than normal. I’ve been trying to read as much as I can. Why? Well, I know that the more I read the easier it will be for me to write. Why do I need to write? Why can’t I just be a dad,…
Over the past few days Connie and I have been on a college movement crusade. First, we took our daughter to Bowling Green to begin her first year as a college student. She’s a bright and beautiful girl who fills her dad with pride. I still remember the day that we found out about her…
Self limiting beliefs (you know, those things that creep into our “self-conscious” where we sabotage our self image and credibility) are bad enough, but THEN you have other people that add to those doubts. It goes something like this. I’ll tell people that I’m writing a book and beginning a speaking career and here are…
What’s it like when you know that you have to get out of bed, but don’t want to? What’s it like when you want to stay home, but have to go to work? What’s it like when you’ve given a free pass, but don’t want to take it? What’s it like when someone has offered…
I did something new this week. I attended a Cross Country (XC) camp with Connie and Colin in Logan, OH. It was a life changing event. When I came home from Phoenix, where I had surgery (another life changing event), I didn’t want to do much of anything. It was all that I could to…
The last two mornings, I’ve gotten out of bed, poured a cup of coffee and headed for the back yard. Didn’t look through my email. Didn’t check out Sports Center. I DID do my morning stretches, but that’s it. I headed to my little weekend oasis. I don’t have a big sprawling lot with all kinds…
One thing that enabled me to handle adversity was something put in place long before the storm of events hit. This “thing” didn’t happen overnight and it didn’t happen because I said that it should. I didn’t put myself first and that certainly didn’t happen without effort. This “thing” is the relationships that I have…
