Old grumpy man teaches a lesson...

Hello, blog world! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are getting ready for a wonderful Christmas. I love this time of year!

I put up a small tree Friday night, and scattered the few Christmas decorations I have around my small apartment. Put Christmas music on loud and repeating in my 5-CD changer and got into the spirit of things.

Next, I'm going to bake a butt-load of cookies and take them around to friends and family.

Today, one of my 88 year old patients that I've been going back and forth with about his bill for about 3 weeks came into the office. After he saw the doctor, I had to sit him down in my office to go over his bill step by step, very slowly and clearly for the 5th time. After he seemed to finally understand, he started talking about his life and different things he had gone through, and how now all he does is go to bed every night and pray that he will not wake up the next morning. His wife is dead; his dog is dead; he can't work or use his hands anymore. It was sad. I think I'll take him some cookies and share the hope of Christmas with him. It kind of helped to adjust my perspective a bit.

Anyways, don't get so lost in all the fast-paced shopping and social events that you lose your perspective of Christmas.

Don't save all the love for Christmas day.... show someone today how good God is to you!

Football blues!

Pretty depressing South Carolina and Texas games this weekend, huh? I sure hope Colt McCoy is back in shape for next week's game. And what was up with all of SC's kicks being batted down? uhh.. Well, next week's Ohio vs. Michigan should be really interesting!

My Ingredients

I am a vast field of disappointments;
a single bud of hopes.
I am a handful of accomplishments;
a bucket full of failures.
I am a river made from tears;
a puddle made from laughs.
I am a page written with quirks;
a sentence written with grace.
I am a heart bursting with dreams;
a head of stifling excuses.
I am a line of a happy melody;
a story of a melancholy ballad.

Dahlia's wedding

Well, I flew back to South Carolina real quick for my friends Dahlia and Jorge's wedding. It was beautiful.