A good and a bad kept me away from the blogosphere for the past couple weeks.  The ‘good’ was a visit with my brother Brian and his wife of almost 20 years Katharine.  The ‘bad’ was a root canal gone awry, prompting three visits to the dentist and a near-trip to the Emergency Room.  A whole lot of TRUST surfaced in these exchanges.  Trust that my brother and his wife would just have a good time with us, not judge us for what we are/are not doing with our kids, not worry about spending time in a house about 1/5 the size of theirs, etc.  Trust that the dentist was telling me the truth – that the best course of action really was a temporary crown at $1,350, not an immediate dose of antibiotics at a mere $7.  Trust that the pain would go away, someday.  At some points in life, you just have to take a leap of faith.  A trust in the process…and, subsequently, in others. We … [Read more...]