My journey to balance family, work, and water polo.

Walk with me…again.

I wrote this last September not knowing it would get so much worse.  I thought about this piece again as finally got COVID for the first time and as numbers for BA5 are rising.  So far, ICU admissions and deaths have not risen as they have in the past....

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Reboot

April 24th, 2020. That is the date of the last blog I posted. I started ideas for a new post countless times. Even finished one or two. But most remain loosely formed, trapped in my head. Questions about myself unanswered. Thoughts about life events left unprocessed...

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Running Post-op

Running Post-op

I’ve developed a formula to facilitate running after having surgery on my tongue: two-thirds medicinal, one-third mechanical. First, fifteen minutes prior to any run, take 3 tsp. of hydrocodone (definitely key to taking the edge off). Second, apply a generous amount...

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The Big Chair

The Big Chair

I miss when you both were little. The three of us with room to spare in the big chair.  That precious time before you would sleep, wearing soft PJ’s dotted in animal shapes. I preferred the ones without “footsies”, so I could feel those small, cold feet brush against...

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