Any Good Men Out There?

This year I've had the privilege to meet one of the most kind and gentle hearted men I've ever known. His eyes, voice, words and body language ooze out God's love onto people.
He was a missionary on a Navaho Indian Reservation out west.


I know there are lots of good men in this world including my Dad, brothers, uncles, nephews, and friends. I am grateful for my parents and family. Sadly many people have not had good men in their lives and that can really mess up a person.


I've been meeting lots of new friends this year a great deal of them being males. I have noticed that some of the men did not have good relationships with their dads or no relationship at all. The adult male children of those bad fathers often times are living dysfunctional lives not knowing stability or proper conduct so as a result the pattern keeps on going from father to son for many different dysfunctional generations. But they don't have to live like that, they can choose to try and make better behavioral choices going down a better path to father their children properly.


If your father was not a good father you can make better choices then your father did. We all have a choice. Dont let the dysfunctional childhood from a rotten dad make you choose to follow in your Dad's steps. You can make better choices even if you have already messed up with your kids.


I thank the Lord that my Dad was a good man. I miss him.

Grieving with a Griever.

Well Dad was buried one week ago today. Its all been a blur. I dont even remember much of what I've been doing since his death. I just survive doing the chores and living going along. Some friends have helped bring me out of my grieving shell as we go do something.


Just simple things like looking for cicada shells and sticking them to ourselves to freak people out helps boost the mood. Playing freeze tag in the water was fun. But many days Im just going about my day in a blur.


Grieving takes time.


I dont want anyone dying or suffering but since it happens to all of us it is nice to not have to be alone in the grieving. One of my friends lost his mother a week before my Dad died. So we are both going through the same type of grieving at the same time. It is a shared pain that creates bonds.


Always love your parents. Never dump on them even if they drive ya nutty. Love them.

Keep On Keeping On

Losing a parent to death is nothing new. Billions of people around the world have went through it.
I guess the sad part is the manner in which they die. No one wants to see their loved one suffering, so some times death is a welcome thing. But we miss them so much.
It angers me that so many people are getting things like parkonsins disease, cancer, heart disease, diabetes..........the list goes on. It seems like the amounts of people that are getting those things are on the rise big time.
There are loads of reasons why they are on the rise, I'm sure the chemicals, in our foods and shower supplies dont help.
So what do we do?
We can't 100% avoid it. So what to do?
You go on in life that's what you do. You go on looking forward. You try to make good food choices and stay active.
And you live.
Pray you never get parkinsons disease or any other horrid sickness.
Eat your veggies!
Keep on keeping on.

He Finally Made It Home!

I have much to say but so little energy to say it. So for now I am announcing the good news that my beloved Dad took his last breath on earth 2 days ago and then took his first step into Heaven(home). He is now free of parkinsons disease.