There’s a Courtney Love song (don’t judge me) that I, well, love called “Hold On to Me.” It’s a sad song, and may or may not be about her late husband Kurt Cobain. It opens with the verse: Hey this life is never fair. The angels that you need are never there. As I said, […]
Read more "The Angels You Need"I took Ryan to evaluations for his hockey house league program two weekends ago. I no longer fear these the way I once did. I watched Ryan do what he normally does. He followed instructions. He tried his best. He was close to the back of the pack in some of the skating drills. At […]
Read more "Progress: Of Body, and Mind"On Saturday morning, we attended a New Jersey Devils player “meet and greet” for season-ticket holders. If you’ve been a regular reader here, you might be thinking, “Wow, I bet your kids were unbelievably excited for that!” And you’d be correct — about Riley (although she was saddened by the news that her idol Martin […]
Read more "When the Pieces Fall Into Place"Hockey may be the main sport I discuss here on the blog, but if you’ve hung out here for a bit you might have picked up that I have a bit of a thing for college football. Not just any college football — Michigan football. Since the day my son was born, I dreamed of […]
Read more "Hail to the Victor: Me"Hockey is back. You know how I know? Saturday night at 7, just as one of the biggest college football games of the year, Alabama-Texas A&M, was winding down, I was forced to surrender the living room TV for a preseason game on NHL Network. Johnny Football ain’t got nuthin’ on Evander Kane, Alex Ovechkin, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 