It’s been just a year since we participated in a family hay ride, at my aunt and uncle’s house, in Brush Prairie.  When we stopped at the barn, we discovered a mommy cat with seven kittens.  Of course my kids (and The Wife) thought they...
Topics: dad, daughter, Death, family, father, Growing Up, innocence, intimacy, Kids, life, love, melancholy, memories, Parenting, Questions, real, relationships, Thoughts, understanding

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Since losing our health insurance two months ago, I have been particularly stressed over the well-being of my family.  Although we rushed to make sure we were all tuned up and ready to go, it is still quite scary to be living in an age of high...
Topics: Choices, family, health, Kids, life, Oregon, Parenting, people, priorities, Serendipity, serenity, Thoughts

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One thing My daughter and I have always enjoyed doing is wrestling.  Well, it really isn’t as much wrestling as it is tickling, crawling, laughing, and cuddling – but she calls it wrestling.  It’s always been one of our special times..
Topics: Parenting

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Lately we haven’t been able to get out much.  We are saving every penny for the approaching storm – in a very real fight to keep our home.  So today, when I was going to Home Depot, I asked Darling Daughter if she wanted to go with me...
Topics: dad, daughter, expectations, family, father, friends, Growing Up, healing, health, innocence, Kids, life, listening, Parenting, people, resilience, Thoughts, understanding

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My college roommate and I were in our room one warm Spring day listening to the scanner and shooting the breeze.  Neither of us really had our head in the whole education game.  As volunteer firefighters and EMTs in College Place, Washington,...
Topics: EMS Stories, firefighting, friends, Fun, Leadership, life, memories, Oregon, priorities, Serendipity, stories

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