by kimmel1972 | Dec 26, 2021 | Ben's Blog
There is a certain numbness that comes over us. Maybe this is a state of disbelief. We hear things as if the news is not real yet, we know this is real. We know what’s happening but somehow, the news is like a funnel of water and we lose to it like the water loses to...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 25, 2021 | Ben's Blog
No one is ever ready for bad news. Then again, no one is ever truly ready for life when life happens. No one expects bad news to happen on days like Christmas. No one expects the phone to ring and have someone on the other end say, “You better get home fast.”I started...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 24, 2021 | Ben's Blog
The day is December 24, 2021. Christmas Eve. The time and date is interesting to me. The weather interests me as well. We are currently seeing light snowfall, which will make this a white Christmas. It is shortly after 4:00am and according to my time zone, my side of...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 23, 2021 | Ben's Blog
It’s hard to believe this but here we are again. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and shortly after, the New Year will come. It’s crazy to think about the last two years. It’s even crazier to think about where we’ve been and what we’ve gone through. Of course, there have...
by kimmel1972 | Dec 22, 2021 | Ben's Blog
You hear the word, “Roommate,” and you never know who you’re going to get. Safe to say that I’ve had different roommates in my life. The same can be said about coworkers and new hires. The same can be said about a new student in a classroom or in a focus group or on a...