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On Complications
Sitting in my home office, it’s a cold, Monday morning and rain/snow showers are visible through the windows. With a mug of hot coffee in my hands, WGUC streaming from Cincinnati, and two, seemingly indifferent dogs at my feet, I … Continue reading
Posted in 25 blogs, aging, anger, death, family, friends, God, grief, growing old, life, life & Death, memories, peace, perspective, Philosophy, Ponder This, redemption, relationships, Religion, Surgery
Tagged 25 blogs, aging, complications, death, family, life, Religion, Steve Forbert, Theology, Time Management
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A Day Worth Noting
It was earlier this week, a memory came out of nowhere. It was a memory worth noting. It was 50 years ago today, August 5, 1974, that an event took place that became the “spark” that propelled me on my … Continue reading
Posted in death, funeral service, Grandfather, Grandparents, Gratitude, grief, Observations, Wisdom
Tagged blogging, family, funeral service, memories, relationships
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A New App
As a funeral director who specializes in providing simple and affordable cremation services, this is something I think about almost daily and can chuckle about. Gallows humor, one might say. As a husband, father, and grandfather, I’d prefer to block … Continue reading
A Realization
It has been almost two weeks since a dear friend and colleague died suddenly after returning from a speaking engagement. As countless hundreds, if not thousands of people around the world shared their memories of Todd Van Beck, I came … Continue reading
Wrestling
I’ve been wrestling with myself as to whether or not I was going to do this, but as I state in the “about me” on the blog, “I refer to this as a look out my window.” If I did … Continue reading
Mitigating Chaos 