If he were still alive my father would have turned 64 years old today. We had a complicated relationship filled with fundamental disagree...

One year ago, today was an emotional rollercoaster. Just a few days prior we had received a call that my father-in-law had sadly passed aw...

I am a dreamer. I dream of a better world. I dream of great things both for me and for those I love. I also dream at night and I dream of...

My Junior year of High School they offered a Statistic and Probability class for the first time. Anyone who had an 80% or higher in the...

Today 5/6ths of my family participated in a fun activity at the Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop-Farm. With the help of volunteer lead instructor...

In my current occupation I infrequently need to hire to replace folks from my team that move on or as a result of net new adds. It is lik...

My freshman year in High school I had an English teacher named Ms. Van Horn. Karen, as some of the boys called her and surprisingly got aw...

In 2009 I was a single parent to 3 little kids and was looking for ways to engage them in the world around them that did not involve a TV...

It's so much fun watching the budding personalities of your kids. Here in 2021 looking back at memories of them when they were little I ...

On this day in 1980 at Truman Medical Center yours truly made his debut to the world. While I was technically there, I understandably rem...

I grew up in a house that was rather reserved with emotions. I can count the number of times my father told me he was proud of me on one ...

Twenty years ago today, at the age of twenty myself I became a father. Like most people I didn’t think I was ready but I remember the sen...

Dogs, Man’s Best Friend. I have been blessed with many loyal furry friends over the years and have many cherished memories with my pets. ...

When I was 15 my father started to teach me to drive. He took me to the Mt Olivet Cemetery near our home and let me drive around its man...

Like most young people I had a celebrity crush. Mine began in 1992 the day I saw the movie Love Potion No. 9, a VHS tape my parents rente...

In 1989 my parents separated and a little more than a year later my father remarried. My new step-mother was 12 years younger than my fat...

Our household is filled with gamers. Many of us are tabletop gamers such as card, board and miniature based games but there is a good cro...

Tonight I watched the Kansas City Chiefs fall to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. They seriously hyped the event saying Tom Bra...

Occasionally a song comes along that instantly reminds you of someone. It's almost as if the song was made specifically about that perso...

We all handle stress differently and for a long time I did not handle it in a healthy way. I make no claim to having a perfect childhood ...