Months ago, my Mom and Da were at a St. Mary’s parish auction. My Da is very active in the parish, ushering at Sunday mass and regularly donating to the parish. This year, at the charity auction, the old man was the highest bidder on field box tickets to Wrigley Field. See, the brother … Continue reading The Yard
This week, I gave a presentation at the TBI support group meeting on meditation and how it benefits the brain post-traumatic brain injury. Keep in mind, it was my first attempt at public speaking, well, ever. I think I did fairly well. Before my presentation, several people in the support group expressed frustration at their … Continue reading Finding the Now
Well I made it. 6 years sober. As we say in meetings, “How’d you do it?” I almost didn’t. See, a few months ago, I was reassigned to a new position at work. As it turns out, no matter how much I hate to admit it to myself, my brain damage is real and … Continue reading It’s Hard Getting Started, Again
I'm back. I've been tossing around this idea of a vlog within a blog. It's really just been over the last week or so that I came up with the idea of marrying the many seminal moments and resulting life changes I've had over the last almost 6 years and the result has been an … Continue reading Oh Hi
So this weekend was my first weekend get-away with Madeline. We went to New Orleans stayed at a hotel in the French quarter and did all the things tourists do in the Big Easy (which incidentally is named for two things. The overall easy going nature of life in New Orleans and the big, … Continue reading Voo Doo Princess
So why, suddenly, a blog post you ask? I don’t know, precisely. I mean, I have had this nagging feeling for a while now but I could have sworn it was the bout of plantar fasciitis that pretty much knocked the wheels off my wagon back in May but the truth is it was that … Continue reading Hate, Fear and Other Games Adults Play
A strange thing, regret Never what I should have done What I didn't do
Actually, as far as blog posts go, my time on the Disabled List has been a helluva lot longer than 15 days. My time on the 15-day Disabled List however comes down to my heel. I’ll explain. Today at a meeting, one of the guys observed that if you are coasting, you are going downhill. … Continue reading 15 Day D.L.
Today I read a fellow bloggers post about how writing is not as important to her as many other things. She detailed how several trying events had unfolded in her life recently and that had rendered her unable to write until she really got a handle on them. She also pointed out how a loved … Continue reading Creativity: The River Changes Course
After a brief but horribly offensive text exchange this morning, I realized something. My friends and family are up there with the most offensive, horribly politically incorrect people I know. It started with this iccocuous exchange. No harm, no foul right? So, to check and see if I had the means to transport the chair, … Continue reading Please Be Offended
My Zen Brain 