Ethernet Blessings

I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately. December 30th would have been my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary – if he had lived that long. I remember how much my neices and nephews enjoyed their grandpa – and he them – story time, living room forts, tickle monsters… I know there is little sense [...]

Family Man

Out of the blue, my mother received a package from my dad’s office this summer.  It contained a CD of personal photos they had saved from Dad’s computer.  What an amazing and thoughtful gift from dad’s co-workers. What a reminder of the man we lost nearly two years ago.

The vast majority of the photos [...]

Don’t Step on My Catheter

Don’t Step on My Catheter by Michael H. Schwartz

Don’t even think about treading on That tempting little hose of soft clear ….. plastic lying on the floor There are plenty enough ways to Incur my wrath without committing That most heinous act of barbarism.

Mind your step, you fool, watch Where you put those [...]

One Year Later

It was one year ago today that my father passed away. I’m still learning how to wrap my brain around this fact. I keep wanting to call or email him. His email address is still sitting there in my address book while his instant messenger icon keeps telling me he’s not available. [...]