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Just Pondering

Today, I realize I’m am in such a different place in my life journey. I see things so differently today and I’m sure I will continue in this vain until I leave this earth. I am becoming more aware of … Continue reading

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Chicago Marathon 2011

I finished!!! I am so grateful for the opportunity to participate in such a beautiful and spectacular event. I once again was honored and proud to wear the Team McGraw colors and run with the passion and compassion of my … Continue reading

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Hard Times

This is a hard one for me to grasp, but there is light even in the darkest places. Even when hope seems lost. Even when I fully deny the light, it is there. I sense this and I know this … Continue reading

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Identity

At different points in my life, I have taken on specific identities. When I was young, I was a ballplayer. I lived and breathed baseball. I had no doubt I would be in the major leagues some day. As I … Continue reading

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Providence Rock n Roll

Once again, I am back from an extraordinary life breathing event with Team McGraw. The inaugural Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon in Providence, Rhode Island. The beauty of life is so evident in these events with this special group of … Continue reading

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Life as it is

I can’t begin to understand why life is the way it is and why people, including myself, have such a tough time figuring out how to navigate the terrain. I mean, there have been so many before us who have … Continue reading

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Remembering

I wrote this for another brain cancer awareness website and wanted to share it here also. In 1991, I met and fell in love with a beautiful girl named Christy Joy. I was sober for the first time and a … Continue reading

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Here I am

Here I am, another day to find more of who I am. I feel I’m learning almost daily how to live this life. I know I have been extremely blessed, even as I consider the loss of so many loved … Continue reading

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Today is what we have

Today has been a good day. I slept in, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and I’m sitting under some beautiful shade trees in my backyard reading, writing and praying. I am at peace with where I am. … Continue reading

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Nashville 2011

As I contemplate the memories of this past weekend, I find that I am most certainly moved  by the love that I experienced. I cannot fully comprehend how such beauty can arise out of such pain, but it is indeed … Continue reading

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