About Andy

At the time of this post I am 34 years old. I would not call myself a writer simply because I have no formal training as such. Truth be told I have never been a good writer. I am a terrible speller and I overuse punctuation like the Federal Reserve overuses the printing press. During a verbal spelling test in eighth grade I was one of two left standing that had not yet spelled a word correctly. When the bell rang to signify the end of class the teacher was just starting the "D" level words. I realized right away how lucky I was that the bell hang rang at that moment in time, because two minutes later and it would have been an "f" for sure. My father once told me in high school I only had two options in life because of my spelling and bad handwriting. He said, "You either will need to become a doctor or you're gonna be headed to the service, cause no one can read your chicken scratch". That night I thought about his words and realized he was right. Since I was eighteen at the time and in no mood to hear people tell me what to do, I went the doctor route. I graduated Chiropractic College in Dallas Texas when I was twenty-five years old and the terrible spelling and bad handwriting still persisted. As a doctor, you learn the words you're writing are rarely spelled correctly by anyone and that bad handwriting is normal across the board. And yes this is true for Chiropractors, even though we are repeatedly referred to as "not real doctors" by the medical community, our family and friends and even comedian Daniel Tosh (I must say it was a funny bit though). So seeing as how I have no true credentials for writing, why write a blog? That's where the topics take over, that's where life experience matters. See I'm a widow and although this blog is not going to be centered around that fact it most certainly will be a big part of it. I married my high school sweetheart, Jen, in 2001. We had dated for 7 years before tying the knot and we were married for almost 8 years before she passed away. She was and in true reality remains one of my best friends. She was my everything in every way. She helped me grow into the person, man, partner, son, brother, friend and father I am today. She became ill during the winter of 2009 and after just eight days in the hospital she passed away from an unknown virus that attacked her brain. Jen and I have 3 boys together and at the time of her passing Dylan was 4, Trevor was 2 and Cody was 15 months old. After Jen's passing our entire families pitched in to help. This allowed me to continue working at our own Chiropractic office that we had opened five years earlier. Now it has been over two years since Jen's death and there are many changes in our lives. I closed my office to stay home with the boys and to try to raise them in accordance to what Jen and I wanted. I am in a very serious relationship with a woman named Missy and I deeply love her. She has 3 young girls and we all live together. I feel a renewed sense of life and living because of Missy. Our lives are full of love, encouragement, support, frustration, loss, anger, guilt, laughter, hope and so much more. If you ask me it's fantastic in every way, so why not share it!!!