Our New Adventure
“It’s an adventure!” Whenever we went out and did something new or different, that’s what Dave would always say. Taking Sierra on her first trip to…
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Life with Dave, losing Dave, and finding him again. All the stories, newest first.
Santa Who?
Even when I was a kid, it was never about what I got for Christmas that mattered. More so today because I know that there are…
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Farewell Grampy
“How do you spell xylophone?” a young Dave asked his dad. “Look it up!” was his dad’s reply. Dave pulled out the dictionary and did just…
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Thanksgiving Grief
In coming up with the idea for this post, I thought, maybe it’s not a good idea. Maybe it’s just too sad for the holidays.…
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Birthday Bear
I did not want Sierra to be born on October 13th because it happened to be on a Friday that year. Friday the 13th was a…
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In Memory of Daryl Yamamoto
“The best portion of a good man’s life – his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” ~William Wordsworth Today, September 7, 2012, is the…
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The Day We Lost Dave
What do I tell Sierra? How do I explain to my five year old daughter that her daddy won’t be coming home? That was my first…
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Daddy’s Daughter
Something Sierra said and did the other night gave me this idea for a blog post. It also reminded me how much of a goofball Dave…
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Remembering Daddy
I’m used to planning everything out and many were surprised that I had decided to wait to find out if we were having a boy or…
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The Gift of Soccer
Back in 2005, Dave, Sierra and I were driving by Kalama Park in Kihei, Maui where little kids were playing soccer. “I want to play soccer.”…
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