The Philosophical Phenomenon

As I sit here this morning, reflecting on what is happening in my life right now, I am looking around this too small room with too much medical equipment and too little privacy. As I stare out the window, into a courtyard of construction, and surrounded by tall hospitals and other medical buildings, I like to think of it as a room with a view. When I turn around and look at my 29 year old daughter in a hospital bed, surrounded by huge machines, monitors, and so many wires and

I was sitting in the hospital trying to think of how to write about the experience that changed my life three years ago. However, I think I have decided I should write about how my life has changed recently. Currently, I sit in my ICU bed, looking out at all the doctors who are talking about me during their rounding this morning. I’m not sure I can see all of them, but there are at least 10-12 medical professionals. At least they offered to do it with the door open so I could

Growing up, I always put myself in a position to be the center of attention. I was known as the clown, sometimes known as a bully, other times an athlete, occasionally known as a shit bag. I was a straight A student until 4th grade. After that, I did just enough to get by. I'll tell you what though, I had a great time doing it. I graduated high school and went straight into the working force. I blindly attempted one job after another. Sales, retail, telemarketing, manual labo