We put three candles on his cake tonight – one for each dozen years of life. It’s difficult to believe that Andrew, our youngest child and only son, is thirty six years old today. Granted, he’s not 40 yet, and…
We are well beyond the 4th of July and yet people around the lake are still shooting off fireworks. In fact, several doors down, they are putting on a show that must have cost thousands of dollars. Now I am…
Recently, I have been on the road again – traveling north about 4 hours from our home to work southwest of Chicago, near Joliet, with a team that is interested in growing and becoming more efficient. Originally, I went up…
Our oldest daughter, Kristin, has a birthday today. And if you know Kristin, you know that she is usually over the top and full of life. Birthdays are a big deal to her; and have been since she was a…
I’m doing some consulting to a medical practice and happened to be training the staff at a hospital the past several days. After the work of the day was complete, I was getting ready to leave and happened to run…
So it was six months ago today that Janet broke her arm and had surgery to repair it two days later. A plate and too many screws to count started her on the road to recovery that has taken most…
I took Lexie to the vet yesterday morning for a check-up. She will be 11 years old in a few days and it is difficult to believe that we rescued our Doberman when she was less than 6 months old….
Today has been a study in contrasts. Janet and I ran a few errands and then ended up having lunch with our daughter, Kristin, and her oldest son, Connor. The conversation drifted into a discussion of when we first moved…