2022 – A Monumental Year

The year 2022 started out with the promise of the end of the COVID-19 global pandemic but quickly showed us the doorstep of World War III with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th. As it comes to a close, I look back at all the events that took place this year. Some predictable, others not, like my diagnosis with stage-IV prostate cancer in July, and the shocking, though not too surprising tragic death of my son, Mitchell, in the Kansas City area only 2 weeks after my diagnosis.

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George Smedinghoff ~ Tribute

The news of George’s passing knocked the wind out of me.  We went to High School, College, worked, bowled, played cards, went to the gym, studied together … the list goes on and on.  I had recently been thinking about him and was intending to get in contact with him since we have been out of touch over the last few years.

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Another of life’s lessons re-learned, life is way too short. Don’t procrastinate when it comes to the ones that are important to you.

Hats Off My Friend!

Steve D.