WRITING

I am still attempting to process the Africa trip, though I am coming to believe that doing so will be more akin to a fine wine than a TV dinner.  I think I just dated myself with that reference….do you even know what a TV dinner is?  How ‘bout Steve Miller Band or the Cosby Show?  If you are confused, I am sorry and you are young. And what are you doing reading blogs if you’re young, this is for those of us who can no longer escape the orbit of our homes, and so we use screens to reach…

I am that guy- just back from the trip that makes me look at all of it a little bit different. I look aghast at my child who grabs at gifts with a fervor that makes me question all of my parenting techniques.  Attending a chicken buffet, within the confines of my head, I question if Paul- my new 9-year old friend in Uganda who drools non-stop and communicates without the gift words- I wonder if he would like fried chicken. What can I do with what I have just beheld?  I know the right the answer here folks- so…

Thanks to all of you who have made the blog series for the book launch so much fun; also thanks to those of you have encouraged me and help spread the word so well. I am hurriedly attempting to type this out in a hotel room in Chicago. I’m typing on an iPad instead of my trusty sidekick laptop- cursing my fat fingers and the awkwardness more than I’ll relay. I & 16 others are boarding a plane soon bound for Kenya. We will be working with children with disabilities in both Kenya & Uganda over the next 10 days….