FiveChildren

There are few things in life that cause stress like going to the doctor and having them find something. In my case, a routine exam two years ago showed my PSA results being higher than some limit that doctors work from. My doctor, who I've been going to for close to thirty years said to wait three months and take the test again (ha not really take a test, just go give blood). Ok, can do, by the way what do these results even mean? Good question, and one that has no good answer. Any man who has had a high PSA result can tell you they don't really understand it. Even the man who invented the PSA test says it doesn't really do what they are using it for, which is a cancer detection test. So they, in my opinion, have set an arbitrary number (Five) as the upper limit, anything over this and you are instantly scared into believing that you may have prostate cancer. Onward, March comes and my results are slightly higher still, my doctor asks me what I want to do. Do I want to ...

Growing up in an Air Force family during the 60’s and 70’s gave me valuable experience in prioritizing different aspects of my life. I always felt like there were a few things that we should all do in our lives: Finish what you start. If you mess up, fess up. Be a good steward of your money. Be fair to everyone, regardless of color, beliefs, or sex. Now I am not perfect and I have not always followed all those items (rules if you will) above, just ask my wife about #3 early in our marriage. I try to treat everyone fairly, I don’t care what color your skin is (and yes we all see skin color, doesn’t make you racist), I don’t care whether you believe as I do or not (I will pray for you though), and I could care less if you are a woman or a man ( and yes, those are the only two sexes on this planet). If you are confused as to your skin color or sex, I will still be fair to you until you don’t deserve to be treated that way. I see what is going on in the news and all ov...

So here we are again after almost 12 years dormant. I finally figured out how to access this blog (thanks Google) and decided to start posting again. It seems odd going back and reading all the old posts given the separation of time. Looking back I see so many thoughts and stories about what I was dealing with at the time and it floods me with those memories. I started posting elsewhere just to get my thoughts down, but will move those here (not many as it turns out). I hope to post on a more regular basis and am challenging myself to do more so we shall see how that goes.