Every month a new spotlight shines on a theme where each day of that month a new character or concept is revealed. Television; Pop Culture; Mascots; Cartoons; Films or maybe a season. Nothing is off the limits. 

Diabetes is an unpredictable disease. Messes you up royally without notice. Type one can effect everything from motor skills to cognitive...

Thirty nine years is a long time to remember anything outside of a birth; marriage or a friendship. What I remember is the start of a moment that changed my life for the good. Friday, February the 28th of 1986 was the day I saw a Doctor for what I thought was the flu. It was not the flu. I was skinny; pale; terrible rash on my legs; couldn't ride a bike or swim. No balance. Quite emotional at times. Nausea and dizzy more often then not. To this day my memory is hazy in some p

In my almost fifty years I have lost people and it never get easier. It is always sad. Never helps in saying that said person, 'is out of pain or they are in a better place. Lived a long fulfilling life. Will be remembered for the life that was lived.' All this is very true. Of course it is. Unfortunately, it is all air to those left behind. The memories help the pain. Keepsakes left behind help the pain, but the pain does not go away. It remains in a much more manageable sta

I do this thing when I go out to eat with my family. I do it even if I go out on my own which rarely happens, because I do not like eating alone. I bring a sketch pad. I draw a picture or pictures that I leave with a tip. I try to tip well out of appreciation for the server and out of memory of my late Mother In Law, who raised five children on a waitress salary. I leave a sketch to make someone smile or laugh. I sometimes take requests. I just want to be kind. Yes, the money

Why I love my wife and daughter? Why would I do anything for them? Simple, because God (Jesus Christ) brought me these two incredible...