November 2017

Hard to believe it is that time of year again. It seems the years are going by so quickly now. This year though I have so much to be thankful for. Over this last year I have really learned that I need to take time every day to be thankful for not only the major […]

I know this is a little late but as we all know life can get in the way sometimes. Every year I expect Veterans Day to be the same old thing…just another day. This year I was pleasantly surprised and it really touched my heart. My 17 year son never seems to remember me on

When my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, we ate well. Mary Beth and I had both read the terrifying pathology report of a tumor the size of an olive.  The surgical digging for lymph nodes was followed by months of radiation.  We ate very well. Friends drove Mary Beth to her radiation sessions and

As someone who has historically suffered from OCD tendencies, it irks me when people use a serious mental disorder to describe a completely normal, human experience. People say they’re “so OCD” because they like to have their desks tidy, or they’re bothered by that one slightly angled pencil in a line of otherwise perfectly parallel