So how was your weekend? It rained here. My wife tells me it rains here every year at this time, and I just don’t seem to remember that. I don’t remember a lot of stuff. Every Memorial Day weekend I attempt to smoke a large hunk of meat for dinner. That is, I haul out [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared the last Monday of the month to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here [...]

I had a big to-do list this last weekend. I had every intention of taking down all of the Christmas decorations and packing them up. My wife and I had some shopping to do, as we both had gift cards on the verge of expiration. I had intended to make pizza dough, which requires getting [...]

Yesterday marked one year since my wife had her heart attack. She and I rang in the new year in her hospital room, toasting with sparkling pear juice after a dinner of home made chicken noodle soup (her favorite). I’ve been ruminating about that, and how far we’ve come since then. On the plus side, [...]

Or, the virtual dumping of the junk drawer onto the clear surface that is my blog. There’s actually not much to write about lately; it’s sad. Michael still asks fifteen gazillion questions every day, questions about everything and anything and nothing, questions that have no logical answer, questions that make no sense, questions to which [...]

It all began in early 2007, when Michael’s Mommy noticed something strange going on. Every so often, Michael would twitch inexplicably in a manner that was similar to what someone does when they’re startled. He did this throughout the day at random intervals, and it went on for several weeks. She contacted the doctor and [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup Last week, Nonna asked about this, and rather than give the topic short shrift, I figured I’d cover it with heaping mounds of verbiage and ridiculous detail. So if you’re ready to learn, here we go: What is it?HFCS is a sweetener made from corn. It sounds strange; how do you [...]

I was scrounging through the thesaurus I keep right here hoping to find an “m” word for “healthy”, but came out of it quite disappointed. Michael’s mommy, ever the bright one, suggested for this weekly segment the title you see here. Alliteration is good. Having it make some sense is even better. Today I’m going [...]

Slowly but surely, we’re getting on with our new life. Michael’s mommy is recovering. Her new medications may be helping the crucial problem of fending off plaque buildup in her arteries, but they’re also making her feel like she’s got a bad case of restless leg stomach flu. With a side of insomnia. Meanwhile, we’re [...]

Michael’s mommy and daddy received a very loud wake-up call last Monday evening. My wife had a heart attack. It came out of the blue. She has no family history of heart disease, she doesn’t smoke, and we had what we believe to be fairly healthy eating habits. But the Emergency Room physician made it [...]