WHAT A WEEK!
I was going to blog about my weight loss and how proud I am of myself at how much weight I have lost since I had a heart pacemaker put in on May 2nd. That was my plan, but what happened in high school area sports this past week is hard to not blog about. LQPV softball team playing for a section championship. LQPV baseball … Continue reading WHAT A WEEK!
SOFTBALL AND THE SUN!
While walking to the Marshall softball complex Saturday morning I noticed that I was squinting my eyes because the sun was so bright! I haven’t done that in a while, so I went back to the parking lot to get my sunglasses. My wife had warned me to put on sun screen and I failed to do that. Sunday morning I noticed that my arms … Continue reading SOFTBALL AND THE SUN!
GOT TO LAUGH SOMETIMES
My last two blogs have been pretty serious topics, so it’s time to lighten it up a bit. I have found myself laughing a lot this past week. Sometimes at myself and with others. Having a heart pacemaker is a serious matter, but I have had so much fun joking about it with people this past week. Sometimes you just have to laugh about what … Continue reading GOT TO LAUGH SOMETIMES
THANK YOUR MOM
My mother spent a month in St. Josephs hospital in Mankato before I was born. She’d had diabetes since she was fourteen years old and her pregnancy with me hadn’t gone so well. She was 28 years old and I would be her first child. Mom and dad married in 1951 and for 6 years tried to have a baby and couldn’t. So when I … Continue reading THANK YOUR MOM
PARAMEDICS, NURSES, DOCTORS AND MY WIFE
It’s Sunday afternoon and I have had some time to reflect on this past week. It seems all we hear about are the bad people in the world. I’m writing today to tell you about good people in the world, especially the good people in my world. It was a normal week of work until Wednesday at 11am. Your world can change in a heartbeat, … Continue reading PARAMEDICS, NURSES, DOCTORS AND MY WIFE
PRESS BOXES AND SOFTBALL
This past week has been a memorable one for me. I witnessed some amazing softball games played, along with working my way into some unique press boxes. Haley Wollschlager and Rylee Sawatzky of LQPV, Mary Bothun of Dawson/Boyd and Brooklyn Nelson and Sydney Larson of the Minneota/Canby Vikings all pitched amazing this past week. I did however miss Haley’s 19 strikeouts vs KMS on Tuesday. … Continue reading PRESS BOXES AND SOFTBALL