Jackson, Wyoming

One Year

Newlin Mill Park

Today, I got to see and feel the joys of my children growing up in the technology age. My son Grayson, almost 7 years old (in July) and his twin sister, Madelyn have Apple iPads. They are in the first grade and are really excited about reading, writing and “growing up”. They had Samsung tablets, […]

Happy Birthday Pop Today, many are celebrating St. Patrick’s day.  My family will be celebrating my dad, Kelly Patrick (aka Pop).  He was born 64 years ago today.  He died almost a year ago (May 9th).  Since then we have had a lot of firsts as a family.  Today is no different. It’s his first […]

“Skiing is just a series of continuous recoveries”. This was shouted on the lift at Breckenridge, Colorado as we were going up to the top watching a skier fly over a hill and almost (almost being the operative word) eating a ton of snow. I have never skied in Colorado. I learned how to ski […]

Funerals Are For The Living Often, when I talk about death or dying, I say “funerals are for the living, not the dead”.  Further explaining that I didn’t really care much about what happens to me after I die. Why would I? I will be dead. I would insist that I didn’t want people to […]

All Dogs Go To Heaven I went through the Fire Academy almost 14 years ago (I was 20 years old). When I graduated, I bought my first townhouse and almost immediately bought a dog.  It was around Christmas time. There was a breeder in Howard County that only had litters once a year. I went […]

If You Build It He Will Come  Many people have asked about the eulogy at my father’s funeral. Some wanted to know what I said who could not attend…..  I hope the words give you some comfort and my dads advice gives you strength.   When I wrote it, I printed each section in a […]