August 11th

Monica and I didn’t say much about the date on the calendar yesterday or what it marks. 6 years. 6 years since stepping into the urgent care to get looked at because I couldn’t seem to kick what we thought might be a severe sinus infection. I didn’t leave the hospital again until August 26th....

Ragged

OK, let me start here before I address the title: Monica & I are fine. We have our health, we’ve gotten good news recently regarding the bottom line financially and a break to celebrate an anniversary with my family is just a month away. The stress of three months of constant crises in the news...

Over-reaction when life has changed

Among the recent headlines in Greeley: “Summer Programs Cancelled”. That prompted this reaction: “Oh, kids need organized activities! There’ll be more suicides!” *sigh* I grew up a half a mile outside the nearest town. Not a huge distance, but enough that it was inconvenient at times. That town? 150 people. Take away the parents who...