This dawned on me a few years ago when our eldest, Carson, was heading to a lacrosse summer camp at the Naval Academy when we lived in Maryland. He wanted to be a better lacrosse player and wanted to sign up for this week-long camp at my alma-mater. I remembered when I was a Midshipman there that they would have… Read More
Is this some sort of drill?
Wikipedia entry of the Washington Navy Yard shooting:Â Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting It started out as a normal Monday morning. I had just started at this new job in the Washington Navy Yard in Washington DC about a month prior and I was getting settled into the new environment. I had been commuting from my home about an hour and a half away each… Read More
A “Normal” Childhood – Part 1
Is it abuse if you don’t know what non-abuse is? I had a pretty normal childhood. I mean every kid had a dad who was gone a lot (he was in the Navy), and a mom who burned their only child with a cigarette and chased them around a 9th floor condo with a butcher knife, right? What? You mean… Read More
On Integrity
June 1, 2018 Integrity – Doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do Integrity is weird. I mean, do you teach it to someone, or are people born with it? Or is it just something that is learned? I don’t know the answer and I don’t know if there even is an answer. All I can tell… Read More
Carpool Karaoke Therapy
May 27, 2018 One thing you’ll learn about me is that I enjoy music…all types of music. I’ve been known to sing/hum/bop along to all types of songs from old folk songs to gangsta rap, though I’m not a very good singer at all! In fact, most of the times, I can’t remember the actual lyrics, but do know the… Read More