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2016: A Year of Change?
I put a question mark at the end of that title because it really is a question for me. I don’t believe in New Years resolutions. I also have a tendency to think the whole “new year” thing is a bit overrated. People always make ridiculous claims about how they are going to change their … Continue reading
A Trip Back To 1985
I’m going to tell you a story. I won’t lie. This is not going to be a short one. This is the story of how my life took a huge change and put me where I needed to be. It happened 30 years ago in 1985 and just a a couple of weeks ago, I … Continue reading
Have I Started My Own Midlife Crisis?
It may not describe how I feel today, but the song title sure does. Within the last few weeks, I have begun to feel my age. It’s not something I ever really think about. I’m always joking with the kids that I’m not a grown-up but just a big kid. But for some reason of … Continue reading
Is Sharing A Form Of Gloating?
A few years ago, me and Tamara helped my mom finance the construction of our new cottage. It was something that was important to us and to her, and we knew it would be a good investment in our future. Ever since I was a teenager, I can remember going down to Pointe Du Chene … Continue reading
Road Warrior Blues
It’s 7:23 on a Thursday night and right now I feel like the worst father in the world. The photo above was taken on Dylan’s last day of kindergarten and guess where I was? On the road, again. Not only was on the road, but on the road for the third week in a row. … Continue reading
When it rains, it pours
Wow. Two posts in a week. This has got to be a record for me. It’s been ages since I posted this frequently on here. So indeed when it rains, it really does pour. With mom going in for her surgery this week, we got the word on grandma a few days ago. It was … Continue reading
Pushing the limits of my sanity
It was one of those weekends. It actually started last week. There’s been a lot going on and I am going to take a stab at saying because of all this, my temper and patience has been limited. The first news to strike is the fact that, after 23 years, my mom has been stricken … Continue reading
Unanswered Questions: Farewell To My dad
On May 27th of last year, I learned that my dad, my birth dad and the dad I spent my early years with, passed away. It was a call I had been waiting for for a very long time. I did a long post about how it hit me at the time, but right now, … Continue reading
January 30th, 2011
Since the end of the month is nearing, I thought I would share some events that transpired a few weeks ago. In fact, it happened a day or so before New Years. My dad, or at least the remains of him, had been bundled into a very large box, along with his guitar, some photos … Continue reading
A trip out west, and back in time
On November 29th, 2010, I boarded Air Canada flight 8931 and began the long journey that would end only two days later. However, what happened during that brief stay in Hollywood, California would remind me of a great many things, including how lucky I really am. Anyone who has known me any length of time … Continue reading
