August 26, 2022
I have been a little reluctant to write this post. I was hoping some other thoughts would come to mind but they haven’t. There are other reasons why I have been reluctant to post, but I think the biggest reason Read more…
July 8, 2022
WE ARE FOUR Today marks the fourth anniversary since our family began the “We Chose Love” blog. The blog was started on the 1-year anniversary of Lauren, our daughter, passing away on July 6th 2017. This past Wednesday was the Read more…
July 1, 2022
In loving someone in addiction or a mental health crisis brings many painful moments. For those of us that care so much about the affected person, and for that person who is in the throes of the battle over an Read more…
June 17, 2022
Not too long ago my wife and I finished a long-term marathon of the series “Blue Bloods”. We started at Season 1 Episode 1 and wrapped up with season 12 episode 20 “Silver Linings”. In the last few episodes of Read more…
March 25, 2022
I WISH I HAD THE ANSWER I am convinced that life throws us hints. Events, moments, memories, déjà vu, God, maybe all the aforementioned. To me, it sometimes seems that we are being warned. Maybe its just hindsight but I Read more…
February 18, 2022
Just the other day I received one of those FaceBook memory reminders. It had Lauren’s name on it so I always open those. The image was this picture. It had been taken while we were at a pool relaxing. It Read more…
February 11, 2022
It hit me out of nowhere. I was talking with my wife and suddenly realized: my son’s birthday is in just over a week, he will be twenty-seven. Then, without warning the thought exploded in my mind: “WOW, 5 years Read more…
January 21, 2022
The other day a seemingly unusual thing caught my attention and imagination, of all things, it was a stairway. Not just any stairway but the stairway that is in the center of our house. The stairway that is the access Read more…
October 29, 2021
… we always want to honor the loss or pain of our loved one, but always while we are continually moving forward in our journey. If we don’t then we lose it all, and that is probably not what our loved one would want …
May 15, 2021
This past week I needed a follow-up to some surgery I had done. It required a one-day in and out visit to the hospital, everything went very well. In the past couple of years, I have had several visits to Read more…
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