Listen…..listen to your body. Listen to your gut. Listen to your spouse. Listen to your heart. It’s important to not just listen but hear. But instead of me going on and on about the importance of listening, I thought I’d see if I could get the same point across by quoting a few songs: Read More
I decided to do something a little different for this week’s blog post. Since I wrote about courage back in January, I thought I’d crowdsource what courage meant to my friends. To be fair, everyone who responded has faced CDH just like my family. Some responses came from a survivor’s perspective while others came from Read More
Well, when were you? If you know me personally, you know I am pretty much an open book. Between social media and the blog posts that I write, there’s not much of my life that I leave to the imagination. However, there are some things that I tend to gloss over. But in the spirit Read More
“Practice makes perfect” That’s the first phrase that comes to mind when I think of the word practice. But does practice really make perfect? I can’t help but be struck by the dichotomy of my life right now with respect to this small yet powerful word. Just this past Memorial Day weekend I taught my Read More
Like most fathers, many of my dreams revolve around my kids being able to do anything they set their minds to. But I also have a couple other dreams that are bigger than my family: I dream of a I also dream of a time when a (What do YOU dream of?)
When I started thinking about what mindfulness meant to me, I kept going back to all the poignant, never to be forgotten moments from the past 3+ years. Having a child provides a tremendous amount of memorable events. But add to that a traumatic experience, and your mindfulness becomes heightened exponentially. After finding out Read More