Taking care of my father has been a wonderful experience for me. It’s challenging, it’s frustrating, exhausting. Sometimes it’s sweet and tender. However….its time I educate myself a little more and not rely on medical professional as much. The truth is doctors are not god, and as individuals living in the age of information, I [...]

Every evening I come in from work around 6p.m. and begin what he calls harassment.
“Daddy…it’s me. Are you ready to eat”.
“No, I’m not hungry”.
“Ok”, I say. I’ll be back in exactly one hour.
Exactly one hour later, I come back to the same response. Each time, the rejections are harder. [...]

The other day, as I began my usual morning routine of waking up at the last minute and nearly killing myself attempting to complete at least 5 tasks at once, I heard the rush of water running. In the background, behind the news blaring on the TV (trying to get a campaign update), and the [...]

It sounds so trite - until 2008, I don’t think I ever really stopped to smell the roses, looked up and enjoyed a summer’s breeze or one of the rare smiles on my fathers face when he laughed from the inside out, his eyes glistening with joy and tears. Those times were such a pleasure, [...]