Recent Posts
Thirty Seconds
Return To Blog Listing
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
Recent Posts Tagged With 'living'
Breathing After Thanksgiving…
Sometimes I forget that a blog is something we do to share thoughts and goings on in our lives. I really have no time for this…but I’ve missed writing since my last post on Thanksgiving Day so here goes. Thanksgiving… I can tell y...
Sing It Baby…
I woke up with a huge hole in my heart this morning. I think I had a dream about Laura last night…but I can’t tell if it actually happened or if I wanted it to have happened. It doesn’t much matter because in the end it made me mi...
How Are We Doing?
I guess this is pretty darn personal…but that’s what a blog is for isn’t it? I made it over the past few days…and while it’s about us…the living…I hope it makes Laura proud somehow. Just putting this togeth...
My Tribute…
This is a tribute to all the people that have helped me and my family get through…and continue to move forward. There are so many. The friends that I see and talk to often…and the ones I’ve made here…through Thirty Seconds....
Between Me and God. (And a few thousand readers…)
[After I wrote this I realized it was sort of a prayer. Hmmm...go figure. I don't pray anymore...] Dear God… I know that you never give us more than we can handle. I know that I can handle this…but sometimes I wonder why it’s ...
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...
Made a Living after a Burial…
I buried my wife this afternoon. It was just her and I one last time. I miss her all over again. Then I came home and made this: If you enjoyed this post…or it speaks to you…click here to get FREE updates by email or RSS ...
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...
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...
We’ll Be OK Because This Sucks…
New Readers: Please read About so this makes sense. My wife passed away on August 15th, 2009. I am lucky to get so many emails, posts, texts, calls from people who knew her…or knew our story and want to share some of their sadness and grati...
“Be” At Your Own Risk…
Life is what we make of it. Cliché, yes, but one of the most profound pieces of advice I could ever give another person. We find it so hard to live our lives normally, to function in this everyday world that expects so much of us. We give what we ...
life is short...
How’s that for an epiphany? Life is short. This is such a common credo that we take it for......
mother's day in a cancer house...
[My wife, Laura, is in her 3rd year of a breast cancer battle. I guess that’s what people......
sad is not easy...
I knew a guy who once told me that “it’s easier to be sad than happy.” I was at......
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...
"I always wanted a happy ending… Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems..."
“I always wanted a happy ending… Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best ...
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 ...
REALITY… {read: it is what it is}
REALITY… {read: it is what it is}...
it is what it is...
Is it just me, or do most of us spend an inordinate amount of time mentally battling what is? I feel like we are wound so tight that complaining now passes for conversation. In the past week I have heard or engaged in discussions (complaining) a...
"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."
“If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” - Maria Edgeworth...
bravery…
bravery…...
authenticity…
authenticity…...
"Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying."
““Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying.”” - Charles F. Gellert...
On Courage…
“To dwell on things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.” ~Albert Einstein One of my all time favorite quotes. It sounds defeatist at first…but when you really sit and thin...
Sh*t…I’m an Emo!
Bright Eyes I’ve been sitting here reading blogs from all over the world…you know…trying to see how I stack up. I thought I was a decent writer, but there are so many great writers out there I’m not exactly sure anymore....
Answers From The Great Beyond
Many of the people I've been "talking" to on line have the same feelings...I can tell by the way they talk...and...you know...how they say, "I am sad." We're lonely, sad, confused, searching for something or someone to make us happy. We're looking f...
WTF
I don’t know why I love this picture so much. I’m what one might call a pseudo-Johnny Cash fan. A casual listener. (Though his cover of “Hurt” is the coolest.) I think I love it because it’s the way I feel right now. Scr...
Dreams
Never give up on a dream. Fight for it at all costs. Plant your dreams firmly in your mind and heart, and then fight like hell to let it happen for you. Setbacks, roadblocks, brick walls…accept them as part of your journey, but don’t give...
