Author Archives: dmtgat

My dad once told me, “Gord, it’s the little things that give quality to your life. You can’t do much about major events like losing a job, health crises, or accidents but you can acknowledge the people who, in some small and seemingly insignificant way, make the road you travel through life just a littleContinue reading “Little Things”

It’s almost here again and with it a double dose of happiness for me. They arrive around the same time every year and are both worth the wait–Fall has already arrived, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Don’t get me wrong, I like every season and almost every major holiday, but this duo hasContinue reading “Gratitude”

I am sitting here looking at the screen, thinking, do I have anything worth saying today. I sit a little longer, take a walk outside and look at the leaves beginning to fall and now I am back. It dawns on me; I am lucky to be back and so are you. As I walkedContinue reading “The Back Nine”

Friendship “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” Abraham Lincoln. We’ve all heard that phrase but I never knew it was attached to the 16th President. He obviously was a deep thinker but then he had a nation to save so suppose we shouldn’t be surprised. WhenContinue reading “Friendship”

. Sometimes I’m a little amazed, generally, in a good way, by what happens around me but not always. Life has a way of unraveling in ways we never imagined or anticipated. Take today for example. Macomb had a huge thunderstorm this morning, and as I laid there in bed with Diane (good choice onContinue reading “AL”

We all went to school, somewhere, at some time, for various periods of time. Among us there are high school graduates, and college graduates too many degree programs to mention—law, MD. PhD, etc. I was among the very lucky ones as I attended one of the premier high schools in the nation. That was justContinue reading “Raatjes, Gabler, Clow, Marx, & Hicken”

It’s been an interesting last five months for Diane and me. It started out with a left hip replacement on December 10th that worked out satisfactorily after a rough beginning. Then it was off for our annual Marco Island, Florida, adventure that turned out to be a medical marathon as I had some very seriousContinue reading ““A Spoonful of Sugar…””

Usually, when I write this blog, I try to be non-confrontational and avoid taking a position one way or another on any issue. I am deviating from that tradition today. It dawns on me that this is my blog, and I should pretty much say what’s on my mind, so here I go, not sureContinue reading “How Did This Happen?”

I was going through some old letters last week and came across one that caught my eye. It dated back to December 16, 1963, over 60 years ago. Why would I have kept a letter from so long ago? Then, I read it; it was a beauty:  Dear Gordon, Our whole family admires you forContinue reading “Being Gracious”

Diane and I are blessed with three children who have made us proud but more importantly, have lived lives that we believe make them proud. I didn’t say there haven’t been “bumps in the road” as there clearly have been, but they have been successfully navigated and all three, their spouses, and children doing justContinue reading “And Then There Were None”