Wow! I am at a point in my life where I wonder what in the world is happening to me. Here I am a 41 year old man and I am still having experiences like I was still a teenager! At the same time I have to face the pressure and responsibilities of being a father and husband. For example, we are in the process of refinancing our house (I know, boring!!!) due to wanting to pay off some bills that we have accumulated and help pay for my daughters trip to Germany with her High School German class. Just this morning Lesa(my wife) and I were talking about our bills and spending and how stressful it has made us. Of course many people have that stress so I know I am not the only one. We just have to keep marching and working hard to get in a good position financially.
At the same time I am still going to college and also drive every Wednesday to Royal Oak at The Actor's Workshop for rehersal for the feature film "Walking Shadows". I have signed on with the company (Planet Four Films) and will be cast in the film. Also I am getting ready to start Rehersal with the local Starlight Dinner Theater. We are performing the stage production of the movie "Send Me No Flowers" which starred Doris Day and Rock Hudson. Also I have a singing gig on New Years Eve and A DJ gig in February so I am staying pretty busy.
We are still atttending Riverview Community Church but we did visit another church last week because they had a deaf ministry and Lesa wanted to see what it was like. I saw one of my classmates there from ASL III when I took that last year at LCC. She is in the ITP program (Interpreters Training Program). We enjoyed the visit but I think we are going to keep attending Riverview.
My daughter had a English project recently where she had to write something about Vietnam. She came up with some awsome lyrics and so I sat down with her and added some guitar chords with it. We recorded it on our digital camera. She is very gifted, of course I am going to say that being a proud father. Anyway, I will post the Lyrics on my site and try and post the song too. I am proud of her as any father should be.
Lesa is still struggling with her MS. She has her moments when she gets really tired and just wants to totally veg out. It tears me up inside sometimes to see the pain she goes through. I just pray everyday that she will get better but that is in God's hands. I know that is selfish of me because I am aware of all the pain and suffering everyone in the world is going through. Life is not easy but it makes it better when you have a faith to get you through the difficult times. I think that is about it! Godspeed and have a blessed day! Don C. aka Preacher D.