May 19th, 2009
Our names have so much meaning. Our names are important. They are interconnected with our identity. They shape who we become. There is a Veggie Tales story called “A Snoodle’s Tale” about the names that people give us (and our true identity that we can find in God). It is a phenomenal story that is [...]
May 15th, 2009
My dad posted this on his blog a few weeks ago. As I have previously noted on my blog (here and here and here), Pops has been fighting the cancer (singular myeloma) that was found in his body six months ago. I am still so proud of the way that he has battled and struggled [...]
Mar 31st, 2009
The lead singer from Jack’s Mannequin, Andrew McMahon, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2005. He fought the cancer and is now in remission. He has since established the Dear Jack Foundation that helps fund cancer research, released an album with his band that deals with some of his struggles with cancer, and will [...]
Feb 2nd, 2009
According to BlogWorldExpo.com, there are 120 thousand new blogs created every day. In 2008, my dad joined these ranks by creating a blog to chronicle and track his journey (aka “marathon”) as he defeats the cancer that the doctors discovered in his body last November. Pops just finished his radiation treatments, and will be having [...]
Dec 28th, 2008
On Saturday, November 15th of 2008, I received a phone call that still seems a bit surreal. Holding a telephone in his hand over 1600 miles away, my 49-year old father delivered the news that his chiropractor had discovered a tumor on his spine. Only four days later, Amanda, Ryland, and I were driving the [...]