The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

You are here: Home » Game On Isle 12 Left to right: Christopher and Nico at Pro Bass Shops December 19th, 2012 I get so angry at times, about my life when I take the time to sit back and contemplate about my losses. I mean these losses aren't like a sports team that loses a Super Bowl or World Series game where you have to wait an entire off season to redeem yourself. There is no next year when you experience tragedies in your life. I just can't revamp my life and turn it into championship season the following year. No, when that buzzer goes off and life ceases to go on, it is truly a finale. My feeling of anger surfaces in the weirdest places too. For instance, I’m in a grocery store and my anger lies somewhere in-between aisle 6 and 7: The frozen dessert section. I think this overwhelming feeling occurs because I see food Mimie (my wife) and I shared together. The feeling of loss manifests itself from deep in my stomach, and it...

You are here: Home » Finding Peace with Loss Somehow Left to right: Nico and Christopher knocked out after a long day December 17th, 2012 I just got through a long weekend stretch of working. It feels like I was on a 3-day bender. In 72 hours (Friday through Sunday), I crammed in 40 hours of work, mingled that with tending to my boys at night when I got home, and somewhere in there, I found some sleep for my weary body. For the first time since I lost my wife, I wept for something else unrelated to my situation. I cried for those children and adults lost in Newtown, Connecticut, at the hands of a killer, a downright coward. I cried because I could see those children's innocence through my kids' eyes. May God console those parents and their children rest in the Kingdom of God.  Their lively, busybodies, full of curiosity in all that life offers them, were cut short before it started. And now, I place myself in the shoes of the murdered children's parents by thinkin...