A few months ago, a longtime friend tagged me in the Facebook post about your favorite music. As the post went, you were to post the covers from the 10 albums that had impacted your life the most. The stipulation was that you were not allowed to post anything but the cover, along with tagging […]
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This blog was written on July 3, 2019, my 43rd birthday. It was really a birthday only in that I was born on July 3. We didn’t celebrate, at my request. I was in mourning, watching my dad fade away rather quickly. He died a little more than a month later. My wife did the
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This blog was written, but not posted, on June 18, 2019, about six weeks before Dad passed on Aug. 5. Sunday was the last Fathers Day I’ll spend with my dad, at least in this life. It’s been two weeks since he told us he was stopping treatment for bone cancer and ready to move
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This blog was written, but not published, on June 6, 2019. Dad passed away one day shy of two months later at age 74. He texted one year ago today to tell me that he was no longer undergoing treatment for cancer. It’s a text I’ll never forget. At the time, my family and I
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I’ve written two of these blogs, attempting to impart wisdom unto my stepsons when they graduated from high school in 2014 and 2017. Those seemed easier than this one. Maybe it’s because they’re boys. Or maybe this one is more difficult because it’s our youngest child. Before I get into that, I want to brag
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I almost never argued with the old man. You can count the number of times we argued on one hand. That isn’t to say I didn’t disagree with him. As you would expect in a father-son relationship that spanned 43 years, we disagreed about plenty. Those of you who know me are probably staring at
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Note: This blog was written on Jan. 26, 2019, about six weeks before Dad passed away on Aug. 5, 2019. Today brought another “shit’s getting real” moment with my Dad. Before I get into that, I should say that these moments really aren’t what you think they’d be. At least they haven’t been for me.
Hey, Brenda. It’s probably a little odd getting a note from me. After all, I didn’t know you. But I’ve written my dad several times since he died in August, and I know he reads them. I figure you’ll read this, too. You would have celebrated your 41st birthday today. That seems hard to believe.
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If not for a banker and sky-rocketing interest rates, the Webbs may have never lived in Kansas. We wouldn’t have had any clue where Burlingame was. My brother and I wouldn’t have met our wives. I doubt I’d have any idea that Washburn, a place that has shaped much of my life, was a college.
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Note: This blog was written on April 16, 2019. Dad passed away at age 74 on Aug. 5, 2019 … I hate cancer. We all do. But you really don’t know how much you hate cancer until it gets personal. For me, that’s seeing the toughest man I’ve met struggle with pain and wither away
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