“In this life that we live, you’re going to find that some people play the role of leaves where they look nice and pretty but once the seasons change they break off the branch and they go off on their own, then you have those friends that are the branches that they bend and they…

Fine. Great. No worries. All words I have used excessively over the last two decades to answer the question, “How are you?” This last week, I’ve had countless friends and family ask that very question. This time my answer is different. It’s honest. It’s vulnerable. I simply respond with “I’m ok.” And it’s the truth….

Last week while in the hospital most of Wisconsin was under tornado warnings with some towns near us being tragically hit. But they will rebuild. There will be scars and signs of the past but over time they will become the landscape and take on a different beauty. (Queue metaphor music) Last week was a…