A President’s Funeral and a Father’s Goal

By Rich | 2018-12-06

Sometimes you just have to drop everything and help someone achieve their goal. My dad has had a goal for a while. “The next presidential funeral—I’m gonna go.”   In the middle of my bartending shift, I paused from slingin’ drinks and looked up at the TV. Breaking news: President George H.W. Bush has died. It’s kind of weird…

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Revisiting a Near-Death Experience

By Rich | 2018-09-05

What happened? Why me? You ask yourself these questions after a near-death experience. I jumped from a burning tractor. My mind won’t forget it. In a different version of cosmos, this post wouldn’t happen. I grew up on a farm in rural Wisconsin but have lived in Chicago for the last 10 years. During the…

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