Years ago, I worked in the admissions department at the OSU medical center emergency room. While I had an ‘administrative’ job, registering incoming patients and dealing with insurance companies, I also had a front-row view of what happened in a level 1 trauma center. Half of my time was spent behind a desk, while the […]
If you’re like me, you’ve probably found yourself guilty of minimizing difficult situations that others go through when the other person seems to be much better off than you are. For example, I once spoke with somebody that talked about losing ‘several’ of their homes in a California fire. If I’m honest with myself (and […]
There’s a saying that goes ‘Home is where the heart is.” and I think there’s a lot of value and truth in the statement. Home is more than the bricks and mortar that protect your head while you sleep. It’s more than the place where you were born, and even live. There are a lot […]
When I was 12 years-old, I had a fascination for toys, as well as a vivid imagination. Often, I’d dream about the sorts of toys I wanted, inspired by reading the likes of Lego Magazine, Boys Life or through the pages of The Toy Book; a toy-industry quartly magazine that my Dad got in the […]
Ever since I was little, I’ve had a desire to do things ‘my way’ and for most of my life, I’ve lived that way – often, to my own detriment. Sinatra’s “My Way” could very well be the anthem for my life. During my teenage years, I heard a wise man tell me “There is […]
When I was little, my parents did something that I absolutely hated; they implemented ‘practice time’ as the rule for how long we were allowed to play computer games (Rebel Assault, in particular). There was a 1:1 match of time spent playing our instruments as to how long we could play a game. While there […]
When I was a little boy, I remember watching The Sound of Music with my family. It was a precursor to the mornings around dining room table as we sang out solfedges; Do, Re, Mi… The movie also contained the song My Favorite Things; one of my favorites. One of my favorite things in my […]
The other day, somebody shared a quote their grandfather had given them on his deathbed. Knowing he was on his last leg of life, she asked him if he’d be willing to share any wisdom or advice before he went. He took out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote down: “Listen first […]
In my last blog, I made a short mention of the way that families are torn apart when a parent decided to walk away from the family they created in exchange for a child support check. There are a lot of instances in life where somebody walks away from their commitments in exchange for the […]
The other day, I heard a quote that stood out to me: “Just because it works, doesn’t make it right.” I’ve been thinking about this quote ever since I first heard it, and I related it a lot to the challenges I’ve faced as a single Dad. The task of raising a child is a […]