Dr. Scott Toussaint

It's October 5th, 2023 and it was 99 years ago today that my maternal grandparents had their one and only child - a girl, who eventually grew up and became my mother. My grandfather was in the legal profession in…

The five members of our Christian Mafia - that's Janet, our three kids and I - met yesterday morning for a few hours together over coffee. None of us could remember the last time that the five of us -…

During the last five years in particular, we have had more doctors to see and illnesses to overcome than at any time in our lives. And I just don't mean Janet and I - I'm including our kids in that…

It has occurred to me recently that the roles of people in our family are changing. When the kids were growing up, we wanted to know where they were and when they were out late, they had to get in…

This has been a difficult summer around here. And although this post isn't necessarily meant to be funny, it has been a comedy of problems with my car that finally brought me to the brink today. To be totally transparent…

The middle of September is filled with several dates that are remembrances of things that aren't the most wonderful memories I have. It was twenty five years ago today that our mother died.  From what Doug told me, my brother…

In addition to being the traditional end of summer, Labor Day holds a number of memories from when our family moved to Indianapolis. That's because the day after Labor Day is the day that I reported to my first day…

I'm sitting here looking out on our upper deck and the birch trees are already starting to drop their leaves. I have a habit of blowing the debris off the deck every several days but I am reminded that this…

Well, we are nearly at the end of summer. Technically, we are still several weeks away from the official start of fall, but Labor Day has traditionally marked the end of summer vacation, just as Memorial Day announces the arrival…