I came across a young college student friend’s Facebook post:

Jon wishes that when he ran into a room and started...

Well I didn’t expect that!

My oncologist summarized my status by shaking his head and in tone, posture and understatement said, “Well, you had a shorter than average remission.”

Eighteen months is short. “Short...

About a year ago at a post-chemo appointment I raised the issue of a few aggravating side effects I was experiencing. The aftermath of my treatment had left me...

I’m overwhelmed looking at a very full email inbox. I get the same feeling looking at a stack of unpaid bills. Overdue bills.

How does so much time pass between my good intentions, responding promptly, and my actual follow through? It’s...

It’s Tuesday evening and I’m spent, dizzy from a full day chasing my tail, accomplishing nothing.  Yep, I’m living life large on 3 cylinders futzing around the house; reorganizing my junk drawer; opening bills and clipping them smartly to their...

“Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God”

 - G.K. Chesterton

I pick up the phone and as the unexplained sobs abate I...

I’d forgotten how sentimental the movie “Father of The Bride” is.  Together, our staff took a long lunch to watch the film and encourage our colleague Brad Beck, who will be “giving away” his daughter Brianne this weekend.

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I remember Bill Sayers and I running the Redondo Beach Village Runner Fourth of July 5K. It’s a route set on the bluffs above the ocean run by a festive mob of Los Angelinos. The holiday enthusiasm of the crowd causes most to...