Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The guy who believed. I was the guy who drove the stat geeks crazy because I believed. Like Lou Brown, the manager of the fictional Cleveland Indians in the movie "Major League", I believed that with a little luck these guys just might surprise some people. I've been a Pirates fan for almost my entire... Continue Reading →
I am truly grateful. Well I need to complete the set here. Last week was the Lady in My Life. This week it is the Little Lady in My Life. It has been an adventure since the beginning. Born 2 1/2 months premature on a cold December morning (early in the freaking A.M. Even then... Continue Reading →
One year ago. 5.40 PM I had a stroke. Today I am a stroke survivor. It still feels weird to say that. Today is that anniversary. It is also the last day of my "Lost Year". A year that has been challenging, frightening and hectic. My recovery put me MONTHS behind in my work and... Continue Reading →
So I'm bored and working on next week's football pool. I'm trying a more systematic approach this week and want to write it down in case it works. The pool I'm in is a straight pick the winner so I don't need to worry about point spreads or any of that fantasy football crap. Don't... Continue Reading →
I'm back playing the football pool organized by Aran Walter and the youth community at St. Thomas Episcopal church in Oshkosh Wisconsin. The pool is called STYGNFLPEC which stands for Saint Thomas Youth Group National Football League something P, something E, something C. I honestly don't remember. It's a fun pool just for the bragging... Continue Reading →
A moment, as the odometer of my life rolls over one more time, on what I think I've learned about myself over the years. I've spent too much of my life being afraid. Afraid of failure, of coming up short, of not being what I need to be, want to be, ought to be. I'm... Continue Reading →
Patience. Everyone keeps reminding me. Healing, particularly of a serious problem, takes time. Take the time you need to heal, take it easy, don't push too hard, too soon, too fast. Be patient. Yeah, well... Every day is different. One day I feel good, the next day I'm wiped out. Is the overall trend towards... Continue Reading →
I've picked up a new companion on my journey back to health. Fear. Not a debilitating, paralyzing kind of fear. Just a nagging irritant that colors everything I do. The good news on my stroke was that there was no obvious physical frailty that led to it. The bad news in that is that I... Continue Reading →
To be honest I wasn't going to do one on being home. Mostly because being at home is BORING! But it part of the process. Trying to find some kind of normal again. Simply trying to find some kind of comfortable position. Sitting, standing and lying down are all uncomfortable for one reason or another.... Continue Reading →
When they saw the bleed in my brain at Westfield they decided to send me to St. Vincent's in Erie which is the closest stroke center. Normally they would put me on a chopper and life flight me. Because of the tornado watch everything was grounded. So I got my first ever ride in the... Continue Reading →
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