It's a common question we hear every day. How are you doing? In the case of losing a wife or husband that can be the one question that has no simple answer. More importantly, do you really want to know how I'm doing?

One of the biggest things I miss about not having my wife here anymore is someone to share my day with. On this day I really missed her because I had a funny story to share and nobody was home to share it with. So what do you do? I do my best to answer that in today's podcast.

In this part of my grief journey I talk about how the loss of a wife or husband is often times the loss of our best friend. When I lost Pam I began to reflect on my Grandmother Momma Lou and the loss she must have felt when Pappa Jack went to heaven at a fairly young age like Pam.

If you've ever lost a loved one there will be days you look back and reflect on your relationship. But how about before that time happens? What can we do to make sure we don't look back with regrets? In today's episode I share with you some thoughts on how to make sure you keep those regrets to a minimum.

It seems some comments I made on the local news that were at the time deemed unpopular among some viewers are now more accepted. It's a sorted tale but one I think you will enjoy.

Losing my wife was absolutely the worst thing I could imagine ever happening at this point in life. As I apporoach the one year mark since she passed I do have some times of joy but of course that layer of sadness remains. And the question is...when will it end? I talk about this as well the issue of do we take enough time off from work to grieve.

Working in local television we have to be careful about things we say because you just never know how the public will take it. Recently I made a comment before my weather segment that I felt bad for kids displaced by our recent wildfires now living in shelters and being told they can't go to in person school this fall. I proceeded to ask if officials had considered some options for these kids so they could at least have a little normalcy in their lives after suffering thru the loss of their home and everything they had. Well, apparently some of our viewers think these kids are just fine staying in a shelter. Please take a listen to this episode to hear the complete story.

When we experience loss many days, weeks and months can feel like we are on a constant roller coaster ride. Complete with some highs that give us hope but not enough to keep away the lows. And what about Elvis, he had it all...or it seemed that way. He got stuck in a low and never recovered. We can't let that happen. So here's some thoughts I have on surviving and thriving while on the roller coaster ride.

I know, Pam went to heaven in 2019 so how in the world can you get a hole in one playing golf in 2020? It's a fair question and in this podcast I give you the amazing answer as to how this came about. I hope you enjoy!

We recently experienced some terrible wildfires here in southern Oregon and Northern California. In two small communities just outside of Medford, Oregon 600 homes and numerous businesses were completely destroyed. Lives were changed forever and people simply want those responsible to be served justice. In the meantime these fires have been turned into a politcal football and I recently heard something that I found offensive to those that have lost so much. In today's podcast you can learn what I'm talking about.