There comes a time, maybe as you near the ripe old age of 22, when celebrating your birthday loses some of its luster. If you think back, way, way back, birthdays were over the top. As a little kid, it was all about the presents, and maybe the cake. Oh, and the presents. For sure, … Read more
“I’m tired, Boss” – Big John Coffee, in The Green Mile. Trust me, John, I think I know how you feel. I’m tired, too. I’m tired of hearing about people suffering and dying. I had recently created a list of ALS-related follows on Twitter – patients, caregivers, industry resources – which provided some insight as … Read more
A mutual acquaintance introduced us. She said her name was Melanie. Good to know, I filed it away. Sure, I thought she was cute, but she was one of a billion fish in the sea. Come to find out, she thought I was somewhat obnoxious and a little too full of myself. Fair enough. And … Read more
I always tried to consider the paths I traveled throughout my life as a journey, not a destination. And I always felt inclined to take the path less traveled, frequently to my own detriment. Often wrong, but always certain, I would set off on my way. Over the years, the adventures along these paths, with … Read more
Hey. Thought I’d say hello. Been a while. Hope you had a great Christmas. And, yeah, Happy New Year! I kinda bailed from here the past six weeks or so as I tried to work through a glitch in the PMA. As this disease progresses, it seems like these glitches are happening more frequently, which, … Read more
It’s there. In the simplest of things. In the most minor of details. In that moment, or in that activity. It’s there. Unfortunately, all too often, we miss it. Or worse, we dismiss it. What is it? It, well it is everything around us that we have to be thankful for. Look, it would be … Read more
I’m pretty certain it was a 55 zone, though it could have been a 65 zone, I don’t know, the blur of the moment clouds any definitive recollection. Either way, it’s not like they were going to ticket me, right? Or would they? I find it interesting how the news of the day serves to … Read more
“I always knew the day would come, When I’d need to take a stand, Before I wasn’t sure I could, But now I know I can.” That was how I started my proposal poem as I dropped to one knee, on the edge of the Na Pali cliffs of Kauai, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Being … Read more
It wasn’t up there with Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream…” but fortunately it wasn’t down there with a Steven King type of dream either. 🙂 Over the years, I’ve always been a very active dreamer. I attribute this to hearing the story of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod about 50 bazillion times as a … Read more
Remember that old commercial, where the poor lady cried out, “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”? It was a meme before memes were a thing. You laughed at the commercial. I laughed at the commercial. We all laughed at the commercial. We probably shouldn’t have, but we did. Everyone mocked the company. It … Read more