Tag Archives: luck
My daughter at age 10
She’s funny and makes us laugh. Not in the way she did for the first nine years. This is different. She is more aware of her ability to make us laugh, and she goes for the funny remark or action … Continue reading
Filed under Love
One more item checked off my bucket list: Acupuncture
I did it. I finally did it. Say hello to the human pin cushion. I let a doctor stab needles in me from head to ankle. One between the eyes, a few on the side of my face, and more … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Health care
Caillot de sang sur mon derriere
[adult language and subject matter] The Universe tossed me a bone this week. And yet, at the same time, it delivered another painful lesson to remind me how stupid I am and that I am here for its own amusement. … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
Some days even the luckiest man in the world feels unlucky
No doubt in my mind I’m the luckiest man in the world. I believe it. However, nothing rips my luck from me, rolls it up into a little ball and lights it on fire in front of my face like … Continue reading
Filed under cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
I experience a perfect day
Saturday night, at 1:30 in the morning, as I wedged myself onto the dog couch with a yellow lab at my feet and a black lab on an adjoining ottoman, I realized I had experienced a perfect day. Yes, with who … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, Fun & Humor
Lucky rock
An ocean rock attacked me this summer. I wrote about it here. Quick recap: I was standing in a foot of Malibu surf searching for rocks and shells with my daughter when the water churned a stone into my ankle. I … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
What not to do when someone tries to break into your car at 2:30 in the morning
[As if readers of this blog needed more proof of my stupidity, here's more evidence. Clearly, I could place "what not to do" on most of my posts, but this is more glaring than the rest.] I was having a … Continue reading
Letter to my daughter 06/13/11
[To my friends: I've been tinkering with this post for almost two weeks. It's the most frustrating of my letters to my daughter and makes me wish I had told my wife about my blog so she could edit it. … Continue reading
Filed under Human Nature, Love
CF Bones and Benihana Redux
It’s all in the bones “You look skinnier,” one of my co-workers said. I had just arrived at the office and “POW,” in my face. Cream pie, yum. It amazes me when someone comments on how I look when they … Continue reading
Filed under Adventures in Los Angeles, cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
Raindrops on Roses, Crushes and Bromances
Today started off in a dark place and improved until I coughed up blood streaks tonight. Add that to the back pain I’ve had for the past four days and I feel like I’m playing the game where you place … Continue reading
Filed under CF Guy Stuff, cystic fibrosis, Fun & Humor
