Anger is an energy

I’m definitely getting back to my old self. I know that because our town’s traffic is making me angry again. I feel in my heart of hearts that our town has the worst drivers per capita in all of the Midwest. Turn signal? What’s that? 4-way stops? Who goes next? Flashing lights? Whaaaa? And don’t […]

Am I Straight Edge Now?(For Your Health)

Last week I had my usual weekly phone call from the nurse from the Heart Failure Center to check in and see how I was doing. At my first cardiologist appointment the nurse said they wanted me to be a part of the Remote Health Check Program where they send me a scale and blood […]

Time Flies

Yesterday we celebrated our middle kid’s 23rd birthday. Seems like it wasn’t that long ago I had her sitting on my knee making her dance like a disco 6-month old, her stoic face never flinching as she gyrated to “Boogie Oogie Oogie”. Out of our three children, our middle child was our roughest parenting road […]

Just a Check-in

Hi ho, everyone. Popping in here to say howdy do and that things have been going well. Last weekend we went down to Indianapolis to visit with our son and his girlfriend. Hadn’t seen my son since he came to see me in the hospital, so it was good to see him fluid-less and not […]

Better Living Through Chemistry( and Pharmacy)

I had some trepidation about getting put on medications. Not while in the hospital, or sitting in the ER. At that point I was ready to swallow whatever pills they were willing to toss down my gullet. But before I knew what was going on, and even before that. Prior to the blood pressure situation, […]

I lost a quarter of the man I used to be…

It’s a crazy thing to lose lots of weight over the course of a few months, or even a couple years. You look back at old photos of yourself and think, “Wow. I never realized how big I was.” You gradually collect boxes of clothes you can’t wear anymore and replace them with a size […]

In The Rearview

Three weeks ago today I’d been in the hospital for a couple days, being deflated of excess fluids and attempting to get my blood pressure into normal range as opposed to abnormal range. I knew I needed to be there and I wanted to be there. This was definitely one of those scared straight moments […]

Side Quest To Defries Garden

On our way home yesterday from our stay at the Oakwood Resort we made a stop outside the small town of New Paris, IN to Defries Garden. It’s a small river preserve county park in Elkhart County. It’s actually the spot our soon-to-be 23-year old daughter had her senior pictures taken in the spring of […]

Wilco In Fort Wayne…Night At The Oakwood Inn Resort…Getting Out Of Your Own Head

Getting away from your normal surroundings is a good thing. Sometimes just a change a scenery – be it a week or just a few hours – can be just the thing you need to reboot and recharge. Now, I’m the first to tell you that I’m a homebody. My house is a home, and […]

Closer To My Heart

It has officially been one week since I returned home from a 6 day, 5 night stay in Parkview Regional Med Center for a deadly high blood pressure. A combo of ignorance on my part and a healthy dose of work-related stress brought me to a staggeringly 220/180 BP. That’s stroke alley right there, and […]