VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Which for me and those who know me personally would probably find it hard to believe this is my FIRST political post!
I am sure by my new video you can tell who I am voting for, but that is not the message here.
You see I just want YOU to vote!
We as Americans have a choice, to stand up and be counted.
We have a choice on who we vote for!
We have a choice!

Now who you choose is of your our convictions, I just ask that you vote for your convictions in a way that you pick the candidate that most suits your values and morals, and that you vote for them because YOU know where THEY stand on those issues. Not because someone else told you where they stand by YOU looked it up.

So I ask you my friends to be informed and VOTE!

Oh and may the best man win!

I miss my mommy!

She has been gone for 2 weeks, she will be back in two more. I made the mistake of saying it while I was doing laundry when she was calling to check in. You see she does the laundry in the house. (I know hate me) The fact is she has done my laundry most of my life. Laundry is just that one thing I can't quite ever get on top of, or get done in a timely manner or just dedicate time to. Know I know there are people with more kids who work more hours and it really isn't that hard to do. Open the door fill it up push a few buttons, it is not rocket science! Yet somehow it is my Nemesis! Even when she is here to DO the laundry it can sit for a week clean in a basket because it HATE to even put it away! This is not Jim's strong suit either, when I finally get the motivation up he still has not found it!

Anyways the laundry is not the reason I miss my mom. Although it is a casualty of her being gone. The fact is my mom has been a part of my daily life well pretty much most of my life. Some days we laugh so hard we could pee our pants, others are days of quite companionship. I know people who don't really talk to their parents and others who find it is chore. When she said she was going for the whole month I thought oh that will be nice for her and had dreams of being able to walk around the house naked or have a romantic diner with Jim heck maybe even naked LOL but we haven't we have both decided we miss her.....and it is not just because the clean and yes folded laundry is still on the couch in the family room, some even on hangers just waiting to be hung up....

-This Life So Far-

This last weekend we had the amazing privileged of going to LA for a showing of art works of Jim McHale. They are beautiful awe inspiring pieces of art. Now you may not know who Jim McHale is, chances are you don't, I was an outsider looking in and would like to share with you what I was witness to.

First about Jim he is dying, he has cancer and the morning before this show he checked into a hospice, but still managed to make it to the show. The Dream Foundation set up the event, they are like Make a Wish for adults. The event was held on a sound stage at Hollywood studios. Jim Max and I drove out with Chad and his son Chet. Jim McHale is Chad' uncle. Chad is as much family as any blood is to us and my Jim has know Jim for years and it just felt right to be there. I was skeptical about going, I didn't know if I was ready to see another dad dying.

The art work was amazing it is made up of little dots and circles and you get a different perspective at every angle of it.

Just as beautiful was the family and friends that showed up to be a part of the day. There are some things you see happen when someone you love is dying, that you always wish could have happened years ago. Healing between a father and son. Family gathering and are truly thankful for the life they shared, the good the bad and the indifferent all got them to where they are today. It is always bitter sweet, to know that words like "I'm sorry" and "I love you" were not said as much as they should have been and that it takes an overwhelming tragedy to come to terms with what has been -THIS LIFE SO FAR-

But more important is what do we do from this point? This is something we all should think about, not so much the past but what is the next part of our life, what will my legacy be? I wish it was thought about long before we are sitting at our loved ones death bed. I wish it was something we thought about each day as we woke up. If we did I bet we wouldn't fight as much over the little things, I'd bet we would hug just a little longer and say things like please and thank you and I love you just a little bit more.

So you my friends I ask you where do we go from here. You have lived THIS LIFE SO FAR...what will the rest of the story be?

I hope for you all it will be a story of love, peace and forgiveness, and living each day like it is you last!