Oh my

February 6, 2016

Well, this has been a rather tumultuous twenty-four hours. Oh, don’t get me wrong….I’ve always encouraged my wife Sally to travel with her friends. In two weeks, they will be off again to the sandy shores of Cabo for margaritas and mai tai’s. What irks me is the news I learned yesterday. It seems that […]

Gunner

February 5, 2016

Dave adopted Gunner from The Dumb Friends League when he was three months old. He resisted taking him to the vet even though his aging friend seemed to be in pain. When Dave finally did make the appointment, Gunner was having trouble walking. The news from the vet was not good and Dave realized he’d […]

Levi

February 5, 2016

“Movie night again, huh? Can’t you just rent a film and make some popcorn? You know I love popcorn. It is so boring when you’re gone for three hours. Won’t you at least consider staying in tonight? Please?”

My mom

February 4, 2016

“My mom has read to me for as long as I can remember. When I was younger, it would soothe me to sleep. Now that I’m older, her voice just fills me with this wonderful feeling that is hard to describe. In the summer, we lay in the hammock and she tells make believe stories […]

The sea

February 4, 2016

“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” Rainer Maria Rilke Photo by Katie Cochran

The climb

February 4, 2016

No one said the journey to the top would be easy. Keep going….all the while appreciating that your racing heart is never tested in the valley.

Unstoppable

February 4, 2016

Some people just have the knack of looking for the bright side….for looking up with faith when others shudder with fear or succumb to doubt. This is one of the things people love about Alex…she is bright eyed, supremely confident, and unstoppable. Alex…you being you is all that you’ll need on Wednesday. You Rock!

Time flies

February 3, 2016

Rachel has said this is her favorite picture of Mark. He was born on February 3rd.,1976 and has been the light of her life. Mark is the oldest of three boys who all excelled in football in their youth. He was All-State and earned a scholarship to play quarterback at The university of Texas. Rachel […]

Unconscious competence

February 2, 2016

In his prime, Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was shooting a free throw against The Denver Nuggets. After a few bounces of the ball, he closed his eyes and ‘Bingo’, chalk one up for the Bulls. That is just one example of unconscious competence. The feeling, so wired into Jordan after hundreds of thousands of attempts, […]

The waiting game

February 2, 2016

Jed is in a serious funk. With nearly a foot of snow overnight in Denver, he senses that it could be three days before he gets his ‘daily’ walk. Oh, he’ll eventually snap out of it, but the days are so long….it’s kind of like Rockies fans who have waited forever for management to assemble […]

The important things

January 31, 2016

“If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.” Doug Larson

An omen

January 31, 2016

Could last Tuesday’s California sunset be an omen before Super Bowl 50? Let’s hope so!!

Lighten up

January 31, 2016

“A party of little children at play is one of the most beautiful sights in nature. A sight that, for a moment, almost leads us to mistrust the theories of human misery. Little children are happy because they don’t have carking cares, nor troubling responsibilities, no painful memories and no anxious anticipations.” Frederick Oakeley Carking […]

Sweet dreams

January 31, 2016

Do babies dream? Maybe the question should be…’are their dreams more peaceful and happier than ours?’

No problem

January 31, 2016

Craig’s mom told him that this weekend’s snow might be followed by a major storm tonight and Monday. Like any kid, his first thought was no school and let’s get the sled out.

C’mon people

January 31, 2016

Long ago, a defiant Man entered the courtyard of the temple and was greatly distressed at those selling doves and other products. As the story goes, He overturned their tables and cast them out in no uncertain terms. If He visited a large mega church today in south Denver, there’d be no overturned tables. Instead,there […]

Timeless truths

January 31, 2016

There are people who carry a rabbit’s foot for good luck. Others have a four leaf clover tucked neatly into their wallets. Shane spoke this morning and cited an expert’s view on how to be happy. 1. Refuse to live in the past. Let go of that anchor and sail into open waters. 2. Refuse […]

Cookies & Cream

January 30, 2016

I don’t understand why adults don’t eat more ice cream. Me….I have it every day and it makes me smile each time. Vanilla, chocolate, and cookies & cream are my favorites. I’m going to sit down tonight with my mom and get to the bottom of this. She needs to smile more and I can […]

Bouncing back

January 30, 2016

Thomas loves travel, poker, and red wine each evening. He retired twenty years ago and has been to all seven continents. When his wife passed away five years ago, he went into a tailspin for eighteen months. Weekly sessions with a counselor helped Tom bounce back and he now volunteers at a homeless shelter each […]

Rocky Mountain High

January 30, 2016

Even though Denver’s expecting six to ten inches of snow in the city and up to two feet in the mountains….most of us know how lucky we are to live here. In just a few short months, high mountain lakes will thaw, flowers will bloom, and a bit of paradise will surround us once more.