A man's love for God, family and country

God, family, country ... those are the three things Dad loved the dearest.

Second-guessing

Don't second-guess yourself when it comes to a parent's failing health.

Tough weekend, tough visit

This is a tough weekend.

I traveled home to the folks' house.

Running away

I have come to a place in this journey with Dad's failing health.

Home delivery

Those things delivered to my parent's house included: hospital bed, wheel chair and portable commode. Later an ambulance brought Dad home.

Go figure

If you figure it all out, please keep it to yourself. I'd like to solve the equation.

About doctors ...

The thing I like about doctors is they can fix you.

The thing I don't like about doctors ... they think they can fix you when you are past being fixed.

I  have seen it from both sides.

Mom's cold pizza

Last weekend, I gave Mom some left over pizza from a Saturday night meal at a favorite old hangout.

'Stinkin' prayers'

With Easter a few days away, there is something I am trying to understand.

Tiny hope

I hear the weakness in his voice over the phone, but there is also a slight chuckle. He enjoys being asked if he is breaking out of the joint.

Ants, drinks,

It's one of those days. The one where an ant greets you on the lid of your beverage as your prepare to wash down the crap of the day.

Grass clippings

My first mowing of the lawn for 2014 took place in Indiana this year, at the home of my parents.

A chance to help out as Mom takes care of Dad.

After work

I got a call this morning from Mom.

In His time

Things happening in God's time are tough to grasp.

A person who brought you into the world is dying. He is wasting away ... he calls on the Lord. He tells God he is ready to come home. But God has not granted his request.

This is where the word "why" pops up.

Why the wait? Why all the pain and suffering? Why? Please, tell me why.

There is an answer. It will come in His time.

Faith, hope and love, and the greatest is love.

Love my father and Our Father.

Will I let it grow my faith deeper? Why not?

It is His time. Not mine.

Thinking ...

Is there really such a thing as thinking outside the box during a litter box visit?

Agonizing death

Slow, agonizing deaths don't make sense when it is someone who taught you how to be a decent human.

The look

The only way to defeat "the look" is to bounce it back at the person shooting it at you.

You are here

There is that time in a day when you think ... what the hell am I doing here.

Much better, thank you

It would be in your best interest not to talk about any raise you may have been awarded for taking on other responsibilities in front of other co-workers.