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GILLASPIE LOVESEAT TO HONOR AMERICA. IT’S FRAGILE

June 17, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Who hasn’t been accused of making last minute presents? My specialty is carving names in oak with a router. It takes practice, at least more than a last minute panic to produce something meaningful on Christmas morning. I’ve been the object of such accusations, and while correct, there is a bigger […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: America, blogger, democracy, essay writer, family, family tree, Gillaspie, loveseat, memoir writer, right to choose, right to vote, vote, voting, writer

SANDWICH GENERATION GRANDY MAKES THE RIGHT CALL

June 13, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I am in a storage space in my house throwing away rings of gauze and squirt bottles of skin care and wound cleaner. It’s a throwback moment with Grandy, my mother in law who passed two years ago. If I had PTSD I would have been thrown back. Instead it was a sweet memory. But […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: 911, army medic, artist, artists, boomer caregiver, boomer sandwich generation, caregiver, family, grandfather, grandmother, Grandparents, grandy, memory, mother in law, persistence, PTSD, sandwich generation, wound cleaner

How Teamwork Is Supposed To Work In Real Life

June 5, 2018 by David Gillaspie

A team is a temporary group with the same goals. Whether it’s sports, school, work, or family, it’s important to know how teamwork is supposed to work. The biggest element of teamwork is cooperation, which is in shorter supply than most expect. For example, in the armed forces all entities compete […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: boss, defective president, Eagles, family, kids, leadership, loyalty, NFL, PAC12, police, president, school, school pride, SEC, sports, Super Bowl, team, teamwork, White House, work, workers

HOW TO COACH CANCER SURVIVORS

May 17, 2018 by David Gillaspie

The impact of cancer news hits far and wide, but it is a fastball to the face of the patient and they have no defense. Imagine getting clocked in the head like Tony C and waking up to that ‘new normal.’ Watching it happen in 1967 made a lot of Little League […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: cancer, cancer coach, cancer survivor, cancer survivor coach, cancer survivors, chemo, coach, coaching, coaching clinic, family, friends, HPV cancer, hpv16, mental block, radiation, sports

Betrayal Pain: What Pill Takes Away That Ill

October 24, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Getting stabbed in the back by someone you trust isn’t something you take to the doctor, unless they specialize in betrayal pain. So make sure you see a talking doctor who understands the situation. Better yet, make sure you understand before seeking a remedy. A back ache is different than a […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: anxiety, betrayal, betrayal pain, dear friend, doctor, family, friends, laxative, opioids, pain, trusted colleague, verbal abuse, work freinds

Good Enough Is Good Enough Already, Perfectionist

September 9, 2017 by David Gillaspie

People love to shop, though not everyone admits they love to shop. Why? Because they want better instead of good enough. They shop for the deal, the steal, the last one in the storage room, the floor model discount, the object with the scratch no one will notice. But you notice. You’ve heard […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: Antiques Roadshow, best friends, double life, family, good enough, Hall Of Fame, material world, museum collections, museum quality, perfectionist, relationships, secret life, wall of fame

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. HOW’S IT GOING?

June 8, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Human nature kicks in hard on the question of right or wrong. You always want to be right. So does the person who is wrong. If it’s too hard to decide who is right or wrong, find a third-party, but first agree to live with their decision. The biggest problem with right or wrong is […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: family, kid, MARRIAGE, police, police stop, relationship, self care, sports, traffic ticket, wife, world cup soccer

BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

May 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Boomer son Alexander Lloyd, dead at age 36, thirteen years after a stabbing left him in the sort of condition that calls for medical miracles. Family care helped him for from age twenty three, then an infection set in that couldn’t be stopped. Alex is the son of my wife’s cousin. My boys met their […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: alexander lloyd, Cambridge, Cambridge England, cambridge news, caregiver, chris lloyd, english family, family, family caregiver, medical miracle, Violence, violent act

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, pt2: FAMILY TRAUMA

May 5, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Illness defines family trauma over time and it’s exhausting. Remember the movie Ordinary People? The family dynamic wasn’t defined by illness, but death of a child. It didn’t go well for the emotional state of all. There’s was a sudden adjustment with a lifetime effect. Living with a pre-existing condition, or around others with pre-existing […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: aca, AHCA, Christian, D-Day, Death, emotions, family, family emotion, illness, LDS church, lifetime, mercy, mo brooks, Mormon, Normandy, obamacare, Patient protection, pre-existing condition, pre-existing conditions, WWII

SUBURBAN DAD DEATH: THE TIMES, THE TOWNS, THE TEAMS

April 11, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Explaining suburban dad death to suburban kids Get married, have kids, and if they’re athletes you’ll see every town within thirty miles. The Canby Cougar will bite you. Get ready to be mauled by a Tualatin Timberwolf. Run from the Newberg Tiger. Every town’s mascot sounds fierce until suburban dad death shows up. Then you […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: Death, family, killer, millennial kids, murderer, professional man, search party, searchers, skilled murderer, spiritual journey, suburban, suburban dad, suburban dad death

GILLASPIE LOVESEAT TO HONOR AMERICA. IT’S FRAGILE

SANDWICH GENERATION GRANDY MAKES THE RIGHT CALL

How Teamwork Is Supposed To Work In Real Life

HOW TO COACH CANCER SURVIVORS

Betrayal Pain: What Pill Takes Away That Ill

Good Enough Is Good Enough Already, Perfectionist

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. HOW’S IT GOING?

BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, pt2: FAMILY TRAUMA

SUBURBAN DAD DEATH: THE TIMES, THE TOWNS, THE TEAMS

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