Another Bucket List Item Checked
Louise and I accomplished another bucket list item over the holidays with our trip to England. It’s a bit unusual that with 28 years in the Army, I never crossed the Atlantic to visit...
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The Sleep Lab
Louise has been telling me that she thinks I have sleep apnea and that she’s afraid I’m going to quit breathing altogether while I’m asleep. I’ve never thought that nor worried about it. But...
Leigh’s Humor
Considering the terrible near-death experience she survived as a young woman, Leigh had an amazingly beautiful sense of humor. She was quick to recognize the potential for humor in a situation, and unmerciful in...
Moved by the Music
Everyone who knows me well knows how I love music. It may surprise some of you to know that I’m not just a fan of country music, although that’s certainly my favorite. As a...
Listening to Leigh
There are times when I just feel like I need to hear her voice again. I can do that by pulling out some of the cassette tapes we used for her to dictate her...
Borrowed Wisdom
If you’ve read Finding Strong, you know it was not written solely by Leigh and myself. I wanted input from other immediate family members. I’m also realizing that it might be useful, actually better, to...
Don’t Settle
Leigh’s favorite statements and life lessons – lessons she lived by and that she preached to her runners and students and anyone else who would listen – were “you’re stronger than you think” and...
Leigh’s Lessons – You’re Stronger Than You Think
This will be the first in a series of posts I’ll call “Leigh’s Lessons.” In the book, Finding Strong, Chapter Six, “Do You Want to Die a Slow Death or a Fast Death,” is very...
Taking a Step Back
(hint: if you don’t read this post to the end, you’ll be disappointed, and you won’t even know why.) I think it’s time I take a step back and review my original intent for...
We Survived!!
We survived the worst possible nightmare yesterday and still got the win. I’ve said before that we have three winning quarterbacks, and that was proven yesterday. I didn’t say we could win a national...