I am thrilled to share with you a guest blog post by Dr. Parnell Donahue. Enjoy. ~ Interesting article in this morning’s paper about will power. The investigators found that people who thought will power was limited and could be used up, had less will power than those who thought will power was unlimited! After reading it I wanted to say, “Well, duh.” But I had just told my wife that I did not want peanut butter for my English…
“There’s no way I want to write down everything I eat.” That comment came from my 16-year old son, Ryan, as we were driving home from his sports medicine appointment a few weeks ago. Ryan is a runner. And recently he’s been experiencing extreme lethargy after his races. So, naturally, as a parent, I want to figure out what’s going on. After confirming with his pediatrician, the cardiologist, and the sports medicine doctor that Ryan is healthier and in better…
Ryan just learned how to use the ATM machine at our bank. It’s Sunday and the bank is closed but Ryan really wanted to deposit several checks that he’d been holding on to. “No problem”, I said. “Just use the ATM.” It occurred to me that maybe he had no idea how to use an ATM, after all, he’s only had his checking account for several months. But he didn’t bat an eye when I recommended it, so I passed…
All three of us ran to the window. We had never heard a sound like that before. But that’s because we had never seen hail like that before. It wasn’t that the hailstones were large, it was that they were coming down in sheets. Within several minutes the entire backyard looked like it had been snowing for days. It was sort of fun to watch. Until the phone rang. It was Nathan. I had forgotten about him. He had left…
Okay, so it’s just a free tux rental, but the suit…that’s $400 that he gets to hang in his closet forever. And Nathan loves suits. Last year, when he did an internship with my brother in D.C., we went shopping for his very first suit. When the tailor brought out the tape measure and Nathan had to lift arms, he was in awe that people actually got treated this way. $600 later, it made sense why. That’s a lot of…