100 Mile Challenge: Miles 1-2.75
I set out to do two miles and felt really good after a mile, but decided I should aim for 1.5 to not hurt myself since I am really not […]
“Cleaning the Garage”
This one is a bit weird one…Just a bit of a writing exercise of some observations from the other night. I’m trying to write more to get in the habit, […]
Pumpkin Vice: Percival’s Pumpkin Tale
The search is over…I have found the Holy Pumpkin Grail!
17 Years and Still Raw Emotions
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed some tears today. I put on the History channel early and the grief and fear resurfaced as it always does and probably always will. So I thought I’d share some of the random thoughts I had, even as I tried to […]
Looking Back at Christmas 2004
This afternoon I went out on my lunch break to the Walmart to find some dry erase markers that are to be a part of a special Santa present to the boys. It was rainy and dreary and as I tried to navigate out of the difficult parking lot, a […]
Seizing Summer Nights
When it became obvious back in March that I was going to lose my job, I began planning my summer home with the boys. While optimistic, I really did not expect to get a new job and was counting on getting through the summer on severance. So, the running half-joke […]
A Million Different Ways
You think you have a good sense of it going in, or at least what the changes will be. You know that life is going to change. You know about the late nights and the lack of sleep and the slowly dwindling bank account and the rooms that fill up […]
Meet Our New Mortal Enemy
A few weeks ago, we returned to North Carolina’s Outer Banks for vacation after the boys fell in love with it for the first time and Andrea and I fell in love with it all over again last year. With Andrea spending long stretches of time in Mexico and the […]
Time Travelling with Facebook
I’m not going to lie…I love Facebook. I am not even going to put in any qualifiers on that statement. I love Facebook. A few years back, I connected with someone on Facebook whom I had gone to school with for a few years but whom I had not really […]
Small Miracles on the Diamond
Due to another event happening at the normal Little League field, Matthew’s game on Saturday was moved to a different time at a back up field. All three of my assistant coaches could not make the game because of prior commitments. One of the other fathers on the team happens […]
It's The Papa 