What is Freedom? | July 4th
The dictionary defines freedom as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The U.S. Constitution protects the rights of individuals t
The Road Less Traveled | This one is for Mom
This one is for my Mom. The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as
Happy Father’s Day 2021
Asked for a Happy Memory of Her Father, She Recalls Wrigley Field His drinking was different in sunshine, as if it couldn’t be bad. Sudden, manic, he swung into a laugh, boug
Post Pandemic Intentions – You Do You, Boo
I didn’t survive a pandemic to… skip a monumental family event over a work commitment. fight five-days-a-week rush hour traffic. return to a normal unfilled life. not u
Total Knee Replacement with Adaptaversagility
People hate to change. I’m sure you’ve heard this once or twice in your life, and every time I hear it, I cringe because I don’t believe it. If true, why do we ge
Ready for Courage | Memorial Day 2021
Ready for Courage I’m not ready to be vulnerable share my cracks and doubts acquired on my journey I armor up, shove them down allow you to see what I want you to see while I
Listen Like an Elephant
We are an animal-loving family. My youngest has a shark tattoo, my oldest crushes on seahorses, and my wife’s jam is the octopus. They are scuba divers, as you might have gue
ISO Life-Work Harmony
Around this time in 1992, I was tired of the same old social scene. So after a post-happy hour review of the personal ads in Washington’s City Paper with my roomies, I got cu
Happy Mother’s Day 2021
The things you say when you are… Three years old, “Mommy, I luuuv you.” Ten years old, “Mom, whatevs! (with the requisite eye roll) Sixteen years old, ̶
It’s Ok Not to Be Ok
Over the years, I’ve shared how my orthopedic health and even my vascular and neurologic wellness shifted on my Last Bad Day. It was one moment that sparked a twenty-year chr
