DiabetesDadI have had enough. When I read Stephanie Brinegar’s post about what happened in her office when one employee suggested a cake be taken home and another employee said that she shouldn’t do that because her child was a diabetic I decided enough is enough. Join my elite group. When someone says something really stupid; we show […]
Set the stage. A young president. Houston, Texas, September 12th, 1962. In front of 40,000 people at Rice Stadium President Kennedy stated: The vast stretches of the unknown, and the unanswered, and the unfinished; far outstretched our collective comprehension. This speech was a continuationof President Kennedy’s drive to push the limits of our space program […]
A rose is just a rose is the saying. Another is a rose by any other name is still a rose. But what if the cost of just one rose could make a difference in a child’s life. What if instead of giving 12 roses to your loved one this year you only gave eleven. […]
The ambulance driver, in his rescue car, pulled in our driveway. “Do you want to come in?” “No. I’m good. Need to be by the radio.” “OK. Busy?” I ask. “Nonstop.” He answers. I enter in the house as Kaitlyn leaves. She is not planning to stay the night… “But I don’t know. In any […]
I want it back the way it was. We dug out for 7 hours yesterday. The official results is that our little town in Medford, Long Island was hit the hardest with 33 inches. I measured 31 inches but who am I to squabble at two inches. Just as we were finishing, some friends of […]
As I had my morning coffee, today, the day after the big storm, I looked out the window at the magnitude of what will lie ahead for us today. A whole lot of digging. Those of us who were hit by the storm will have a choice; dig out alone or enlist the entire family to grab […]