: About Me

I'm a retired city of Pittsburgh firefighter. I am 57 years old, and happily married for 37 years. I am father to a daughter and 3 sons. My daughter has blessed me with 2 grandsons and a granddaughter. I am a born again Christian, and my wife and I attend a bible preaching Baptist church.Despite my article about my cottage experience with my family, we actually get along quite well. Water under the dam.I am obsessed with golf, which I took up at the late age of 49. I was fortunate enough to retire at 55, my good fortune being a wife willing to stall her retirement for a few years, as she realized that I could no longer do my job anymore and I was going to hurt myself if I kept doing it.I served 4 years in the navy, and 5 years in the Pa.air national guard.I then worked as a firefighter for 31 years.I am now a stay at home husband, trying to do as good a job as my wife did for 30 years.

My passion is ...

God,my family,and golf

I know too much about ...

absolutely nothing

My parents always told me ...

be honorable

My childhood ambition ...

get through my teens

My favorite memory ...

fishing with my dad

Why I write ...

I'm full of crap, or so my kids tell me

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

cop novels, cop shows,frank sinatra

My first job ...

gas station at 14

My best moment ...

meeting my wife

My inspiration ...

God

Health & Fitness > Cancer Getting through cancer

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I am in the process of " getting through cancer ". Lung cancer to be exact. May 14 of this year my right subclavicular lymph node suddenly decided to swell to the size of a plum. No reason, no injury, no illness, just a lump. Of course, in this age of the Internet, I googled my symptoms and self diagnosed what the lump meant. Three possibilities, all of them cancer. How lucky can a guy get? I was going to have either lung or stomach cancer, or Hodgkin's. Secretly, I was hoping for the Hodgkin's, but unfortunately I didn't get to choose. That was the extent of being my own DOCTOR. Of course...

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