Category Archives: Family

I Need Your Support

When I was just a wee lad, my maternal Grandfather (Henry Shipp) died from ALS (also known as Lou Gehrigs disease). It had been a long, painful battle with a very confusing and painful disease. That was in 1979 (I think).
In many ways ALS is one of the diseases that modern medicine has [...]

Birth Blogging

5:00 AM We have arrived at the hospital. Sabrina’s water broke at about 3:00 AM. We are going to have our 4th son today.
6:00 AM Getting all settled in. The Pitocin has been started.
6:05 AM I am pretty sure Sabrina will be pissed if I actually live-blog the birth. Updates may [...]

Happy Birthday To Ya

Music is one of the things my father and I have shared for years (even when I was a teenager). We have turned each other on to new artists and are always quick to let each other know when we hear something cool. I guess I should actually say that my father has [...]