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In Search for my Everlasting Gobstopper from the Yellow Brick Road

May 15th, 2012 I honestly forgot Mother's Day was coming up. In the weeks leading up to this day, we will celebrate everything, Mom. I was too consumed by my own world to think about it. I've been too consumed in many things in my world to think about much of anything. I would only remember Mother's Day when I would load the boys up in the mini-van in search of our Willy Wonka fun. Still, we seemed to return feeling more like Slugworth in search of his Everlasting Gobstopper. When I am ready to venture out, the get-up-and-go routine is the only thing I have down to a science. When I decide that I need to get up from my lethargic state. I use a lot of energy just to remove my body from the safety of my couch. My motivation rushes over me that I once had before losing my wife in March. A flood of adrenaline pumps through my veins, boosting my skeletal muscles and increasing my oxygen intake like a high-performance race car. Now, everything I do is done without thought a...