After our father passed away, well-meaning family and friends were pretty vocal about what my older brother and I should expect to be the “new normal” in our household. Instead of allowing ourselves to suffer both emotionally and financially, my brother and I took matters into [...]Read more

Charlie, our almost four year old son, recently asked me why we’re not allowed to see our friends.  “Have you heard of COVID-19?” I didn’t actually say that. This is a moment you tread carefully, because you know that whatever you’re about to say is going to have a lasting impact [...]Read more

The people who are great at sitting on a couch doing nothing have been training for this pandemic their whole lives.  This post is not for those people.  This post is for those who want to make the most of their time while we’re all on lockdown. These are my people, and I always [...]Read more

To be honest, once the severity of the Coronavirus situation hit, we, like many, were nervous. Now, this wasn’t a crazy panic like you’d see in a cartoon. I wasn’t running around screaming with my arms in the air or anything. But, my mind began to move quickly.  This is where [...]Read more

It’s late February. We start hearing a little bit about this virus thing, but we’re being told that it’s not so bad. At the dojang, we’re furthering our plans for 2020. Bill “Superfoot” Wallace is coming in, our annual tournament is coming together nicely, and we have full [...]Read more

I haven’t worked in 39 years.  On May 27 of this year, 2020, that’s how long I will have been in Tae Kwon-Do. I’m willing to bet that 39 years is probably longer than most people have done anything that they love and have had as a job.  When you’ve been doing anything for 39 […]Read more