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2022, September 3: a wedding in Ohio

9 May 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  This day begins as a virtual, bizarre repeat of the one before it, except downsized to Bucyrus scale. Or maybe a parallel universe where you find yourself in Bucyrus instead of a fairly nice casino in another state. Once again I dip out...

2022, September 2: a wedding in Ohio

2 May 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  My first Kevin and Lynn encounter of this trip is something of a Shanghai attack, unexpectedly encountering them down in the continental breakfast area of our West Virginia hotel. I’ve met them before, of course, and they are roughly th...

September, 2022: a wedding in Ohio

25 Apr 2025 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Day One curious logo for place allegedly promoting happiness A strange though perhaps apt logo choice, for a place allegedly promoting happiness About a month before the unplanned Florida trip, I found myself taking a much happier, antici...

2022, October 12-13: From Melbourne to Mocksville

20 Mar 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  We get up on Wednesday and are still in this holding pattern, waiting on Mom's ashes and the death certificate paperwork to be processed. Erin and I of course took Dad's truck last night when driving back to the hotel. She badly wants...

Should Your Home Fit Your Family, or Should Your Family Fit the Home?

19 Mar 2025 5 minute read 2 comments VitalyTennant.com

Buying a home is a massive deal. One of the biggest financial decisions you’ll ever make. And it’s not just about square footage, the number of bedrooms, or how nice the kitchen looks in the morning light. It’s about how your life fits into that spac...

2022, October 10-11: Melbourne, FL

13 Mar 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  Mounted deer on backside of Marlen’s house After leaving the hospital, Allie and his crew head home. The rest of us agree to meet over at this BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Dad makes it as far as drifting inside the building, but then un...

2022, October 9-10: Melbourne, FL

6 Mar 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  While we're waiting, I observe that Mom does seem somewhat out of it. Dad's convinced that he knows all the signs, and that she's just had another stroke. Marlen meanwhile is nowhere to be found, has obviously wandered away somewhere, possi...

2022, October 8-9: From Mocksville to Melbourne

28 Feb 2025 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

    Somehow I've written approximately 1000x more about my friends than I have my family, which I guess is a little strange. The material is certainly here in spades. I think I've really just struggled with finding some footing on how to...

Finding Peace in 2025 (you really can!)

29 Dec 2024 6 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I know this post is not directly about weight loss, but so many things impact our eating habits and the emotions that impact dieting and weight loss that I feel it's worthy to talk about all the extraneous stuff in our lives that impact weight loss,...

When Death Comes...

21 Oct 2024 1 minute read 3 comments WinterYeti

Hospitals are cold places. They are factories for stabilization of wounds, curing disease, and starting the initial steps to recovery, but they are also where people die. It happens every day, but the environment is so sterile, so clinical, it's easy...