Today would have been my dad's 94th birthday. He was born March 13th, 1930 in Poland. More of his story is here... Happy Birthday Dad. I certainly do miss you, still. It's been a while since I got a hug from you, but I still remember what it feels like. I wrote a book about … Continue reading Happy Birthday Dad
Tag: Thoughts
Is there a gap between what you want, what you expect, and what you have? How things "should' be? Maybe it’s something you’d like? Maybe something doesn’t feel quite right? Maybe you can’t put your finger on it, but there is a gap. You can feel it. Sometimes, it’s dissatisfaction. Sometimes, it’s bigger than that–depression. How Big is the Gap? I used to have a very large gap between how I thought things should be and how they were working out. I had a lot of expectations. Some of them were my choosing, but many of them were put up on me.
It’s Our Turn I already mentioned this in a previous post, but I thought it was worth repeating. I think it’s a good way to sum everything up. The End of the Story As my dad was in his last days, dying from a cancer that decreased his ability to be present with us, I … Continue reading The Final Lesson –
This is the last lesson in my series Lessons from My Father and the timing of this lesson could not be more appropriate. The end of the year is approaching and the holiday season is kicking off, this is Thanksgiving week, and this lesson is on Thankfulness.
When my dad was 21, he was in a tragic accident that burned nearly all of his upper body. His face and his hands were forever scarred as a result. He spent more than a year in the hospital, in numerous reconstructive surgeries. This was in 1951.
Danny Kolke 