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The past week was pretty horrible overall. Waiting for mediation, more drama from Pamala not wanting to cooperate with court orders, missing work for the custody suit, and meeting with the Distr...

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My last post I related that we had an appointment with the District Attorney regarding the drunken driver who cause the death of my son and daughter in law in May. We met with the DA on Monday af...

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Brandon, Brian and I are meeting with the District Attorney today to be updated on their progress in the prosecution of the man who killed Bradley and Shea. They told us they will then answer an...

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After the last two months, I decided to take the weekend and allow myself time to compose myself and rest. I spent Saturday in downtown Houston, in Hermann Park at a birthday party for Isabel, m...

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Well, it’s blisteringly hot here. So much so that I haven’t been able to take the grandkids outside to play. It’s either rained every day, or been too hot and humid. Soon though, the fall will ...

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Good morning. I was supposed to be at work today, but it is Father’s Day here and I just wanted to spend it with Brandon and Brian. It was “thoughtless comments” day at work yesterday. A woman ...

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Just kind of walking through the days right now, trying to get custody straightened out. I still have not been able to see Raina, Bradley’s biologial daughter, as no court ruling has been made y...

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Sorry it’s been a bit since I updated anyone. To say that things have been upside down is something of an understatement. Bradley and Shea were laid to rest on May 23. It was a beautiful cerem...

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I’m not sure how we made it through this past week intact but somehow we managed. Bradley and Shea were laid to rest together this saturday past in a beautiful double ceremony. At the moment I a...

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I’m in an extremely bad place this morning. I don’t know how to type this coherently, but it’s happened for the second time. My son is gone. Bradley and his wife Shea were killed by a drunk drive...

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While wandering down memory lane, thinking about my grandmother, I searched an article from People magazine from many years ago about Grandma and her oldest son Weldon who was lost during WWII. G...

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well, this is going to be an extremely short entry. I’m in the parking lot at the hospital calming my nerves. we arrived at 5 a.m. and they have induced labor. contractions are a little less than...

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My trip to Dallas was fun, my week was uneventful at work. Friday next week I leave for 3 days in New Orleans, and that’s the last of my traveling for a bit. A little while back I alluded to dra...

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I decided to take an impromptu trip out of town with friends this weekend. Jimmy and LaFondra are co-workers and now longtime friends, and they invited me to to drive to Dallas to watch UFC matc...

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It’s been a bit of a downer week here, so to make myself feel better and put a positive spin on things, I’m declaring a new international holiday. Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of the d...

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Well, after my last posting, I think everyone here read my Prosebox somehow. Which is funny since no one knows I have it, and because things improved the next day. First, the kids have made a u...

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Well, Brian told me he wanted to go to work at the prison. Not the ideal job, but I printed out the application and got him an appointment, and now he says he’s not going. Because he doesn’t li...

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So much for upbeat. Just got a call while completing my last post that the boys’ cousin in hospital and not expected to make it. Hasn’t made the news yet this morning, but I’m sure it will due...

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Well, this work week wasn’t the best on earth but I got through it without strangling anyone, so I count it a victory. It was a near thing at times. A co-worker failed to complete forms that are...

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It’s been very nice weather here in the South. It was a cloudless day today with temperatures in the low 70’s. Brad, Shea, Sienna and I went for a drive in the country and I found a temporary ho...

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Well, it’s been on my mind for a while now, and I think I’m going to downgrade my housing size a great deal. When we bought our property 16 years ago, we put a mobile home here with the intentio...

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I posted a photo earlier and said something to the effect that I had nothing to talk about tonight, then received a phone call from a friend. Alison and I became co-workers in 1987 and then frien...

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Browsing through photos online and ran across a photo of me circa 1996 or so when I weighed in at around 512 ibs (or about 36 stone)This photo is what I look like todayNeedless to say, I feel muc...

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We made a trip into Louisiana yesterday. I haven’t been in years but it was a necessary one. Right before Brad’s wedding Dec 20, we received word that mother in law was in the hospital. She has...

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Well, I finally figured out how to post photos! From left to right; Jessica (the boys’ sister); my eldest, Brandon, holding my youngest grandson, Grant; The bride, Shea; Bradley, holding new gr...

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