Theresa, Laura, Bryan and I spent the day going through our overly stuffed storage unit with our friend Missy and Bryan’s cousin Rick. Due to a maintenance upgrade of our storage facility we were required to clear out the unit up to 8′ in from the door. Well that naturally meant we would have to clear a vast majority of the unit out for the maintenance crew (they are installing new roll-up doors). So, after 4.5 years, we decided it...

10 Years ago I had begun my second stint in college after having spent two years traveling the country as a “roadie.” In May 2001 I had attended my first Regional EMMY ceremony for my first EMMY nomination. My family was starting to rebuild and reconnect after a tumultuous 90′s. My Dad was finally feeling “normal” again after open heart surgery he’d had in 1999. In many way I felt like my life had just found...

Four Years Past Mick Dawson 1950-2007 1,461 days. 35,064 hours. 2,103,840 minutes. 126,230,400 seconds. Four years has passed since my father passed. It doesn’t sound like much time. Four years is just a fraction of a lifetime. And yet, it feels like forever. In four years my family has done so many wonderful things. Things my Dad never got to share with us. Laura had her third child, Kale. Theresa and Bryan got engaged. Then married. Then...

With great sadness I post this link to an article about the tragic murder of my dear friend Emily, wife of my brother Kurt Jordan and mother of Amanda (7) and newborn baby Luc (4 months). She and her father, Russell, were ruthlessly gunned down by her ex-husband Tuesday night after he lost custody of Amanda to Emily. My heart mourns for the loss of Emily. She was a beautiful soul and was without a doubt Kurt’s perfect soulmate. I am sick...