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A blog from a guy who wants very much to spill his guts and hopefully deliver a few lessons about what it's like to lose your life...and get it back. This is a journey...feel free to follow this sad SOB as he tries to be funny again. (Assuming he eve
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Silent Night…
There is a different kind of Christmas happening just 2 doors down from mine. It’s one of those lonely shut-in kinds that we’d rather not think about…especially during the Holiday season. I visited my 85 year old neighbor…I&#...
A Bunch of Things I Think I Know.
I’ve been lax on the blogging thing lately because the transition to single guy with kids is more complex than I thought it would be. That’s life, right? Still…I’m coming to see that the most important life lessons come from...
Clarity From an Interview…
These are some excerpts from an interview I gave to Arie Rich of KMP Interviews. I was happy to do it…felt honored to be asked…and it answers some of the questions I get from people about Thirty Seconds. Q: How and why did you start Th...
Somedays Your Kids Make You Proud…
What a day. Emotions everywhere…mostly saddish. I got an email from the Milwaukee Affiliate of Susan G. Komen asking if it would be OK for them to honor Laura at the Affiliate Leadership Conference in Dallas. I said yes of course…...
Loss, Open Doors, and Stuff…
[I have a bunch of half finished things sitting in files all over my computer. I just heard about a young woman who died from ovarian cancer. I never met her...don't know her parents...and probably never will...but I was sad for them. A Faceboo...
Today is the Greatest…
This post is inspired by something that happened to me about week before Laura died. I intend to tell the story in a future post…but for now I’d like to respectfully submit what I learned from that “something.” Who: YOU Wha...
Don’t Back Down…
This is for all the lonely people. (And the scared…and the defeated…and the love starved…and the sad…and the alcoholics…and the drug addicts…and anyone that has been “blessed” with an uphill climb.) D...
The Good, The Bad, and The Transformational
I’m in the sh*t now. It hurts more than I imagined it would…and I know why: because I thought I earned my stripes and was ready to bring lessons down from the mountain…and enlighten and teach and make a difference…but the fa...
Calling All Angels…
Angels are real…and I’m not just saying that because I’m doing the grief thing. I say this to give you hope…even if you don’t think you need any right now. Saturday…In the Park. I was trying very hard to write so...
Life: One Big Beautiful Bitch…
Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz is kind of a bitch when you think about it. Seriously…Dorothy was freaked out…wanted to go home…and Glinda had the power to get her there. So what does she(Glinda) do? She throws Dor...
lessons so far...
Sorry…nothing flowery here. No contrived, poetic sayings suitable for framing. This is what......
"For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain."
““For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it......
"Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about..."
“Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget......
Buzz Kill Question of the Day:
Is it wrong to be selfish? ...
life is short...
How’s that for an epiphany? Life is short. This is such a common credo that we take it for......
"Life is a journey in which we are both passenger and pilot…"
“Life is a journey in which we are both passenger and pilot…” - quote from me...
blink… {read more}
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ten years...
This is a guest post from Inside Candy. The last sentence captures ”:30 Seconds” perfectly. There is a difference between depression and sadness. Depression is when nothing matters. Sadness is when everything matters. Today I’m o...
The “F”-Bomb… {read more}
The “F”-Bomb… {read more}...
the f-bomb...
This is a tough one…but I think it’s important. We should do everything in our power to forgive people we think screwed us over. Chances are they weren’t trying to hurt you directly…they were just trying to make their own lives better. Paths ...
sh*t happens
There’s nothing like a hard dose of reality to help a person grow up. Dying young is not the way it’s supposed to be. Maybe for other people…but not us. Wishing…crying…begging…dropping out…pissing and moaning…none of that shit makes ...
