I didn’t want to be needy… to be reliant… have others know I could not provide. It is humiliating. I reached out timidly. You were already willing to be by my side. All I had to do was ask! You took my hand. Thank you for teaching a stubborn, proud bastard a lesson.
Pomp and Circumstance… It Scares Me
It went too fast. It always does. Today is the last day of winter break and my daughter, Kari, is heading back to West Virginia University. She returns with a solid 4.0 GPA in her major and minor. Ryan would be so proud! What’s so different about this one is it is her last one […]
Merry Flippin’ Christmas!
People are asking me if there is anything they can get me or Sue for the holiday. My answer is always the same. I tell them that we are good, but Ryan is not. He always needs something. Then I direct hem to his wish list and donation pages. Even Sue and I don’t give […]
She’ll Always be My Little Girl.
I’ve done a few things right in my life. On the scale of good versus bad, I am certain it is tipped well to the good-side (at least so far, but no promises for my future). Now, left to my own devices… well… there’s no telling how I would have turned out but you can […]
Damned to Commitment.
Last Wednesday — a week ago today — I started feeling a little “off”. By the following night I was way, way off. Flat-out sick, to be exact. The weekend found me so ill I didn’t want to move. To do so meant I’d be coughing my fool head off… I’d be finding the shortest […]