Father's Day

Father's Day changes for me evey year. It's gone from wondering what to get my dad for father's day to wondering what to tell my kids to get their dad.
Father's day is about love. It's really an excuse to be our ideal selves. We go out of our way to get along and pitch in to make Father's Day special.
My kids puiled it off. They catered to my every need all day and most of all they spent time with me today instead of wathching TV and spending the day on Facebook. How freshfreshing.
I thank my family, not just for this day, but for all the days I have them in my life. And as for my father, I wish he was here. How I could use his advice, his calming influnence on my life. Man I miss him.
Another Father's day in the book and it finds me with mixed emotions. I am so lucky to have my family in my life and I sure miss my dad.

Finally getting a hit

I don't feel like I've done a lot of great things in my life. I doubt I will ever get to that point where I can sit down and say 'wow, you did good.'
I hope I'm getting closer. Last week I stood on the baseball field at Utah Valley University with the Palfreyman family and awarded Austin Haws the Dave Palfreyman scholarship.
I was honored to be part of it. It gave me a glimpse of perhaps what could be. It is a small scholarship, but it will help Austin continue to chase his dream of playing baseball at UVU and that was nearly taken away from him nine months ago by a drunk driver.
Austin broke his neck in the accident and was nearly killed. But he's making a comeback now and with the Second Chance Foundation of Utah and the Palfreyman family we can help his comeback.
I couldn't think of anything I would rather do than have a hand in some small way helping Austin. It may not have been a home run, it's not some grandiose accomplishment, but it was a hit for me and I hope it's the starting of a long hitting streak.