Joe Beernink

It’s not exactly summer here, but with 78 degrees, it’s close enough for the kids to ask for the sprinklers. So on the sunniest, warmest day so far in 2012, we...

Tomorrow morning marks the two week mark since I had my first symptoms of Guillian-Barre. It seems longer than that, for many reasons. The virus that probably started all of this,...

I’m still recovering from this dastardly little affliction called Guillian-Barre. It’s hard to be patient. I probably overdid it yesterday, which meant I didn’t sleep much last night and that meant...

A quick status update on my health. It’s hard to believe that so much has happened in the past week. My condition is improving. I was discharged from the hospital on...

First, I want to say thank you to all those who have offered support over the last few days. It has meant so much to know that my wife has had...

Last week, I had a rather inconvenient lower gatsro-intenstinal virus. It wan’t the worst I\ve ever had. It was pretty much gone in 3 days, and then turned into a headcold....

In March of 2000, I bought a brand-new Nissan XTerra. In the last almost-12 years, I’ve put on just over 104,000 miles, driving mainly back and forth to work. For a...

Hi All, I can’t promise I’ll write much, but I’ll try to be better with the pictures.  I finally downloaded everything off my iPhone so here are some of the more...

Weekends can seem long, or they can be long.  It kind of depends on how the kids are behaving, and how much you preplanned to get done during the days. We...

It’s been almost a month since my last post, and I’m on the train, so his may be a bit jumbled. The biggest news is that Reece has finally come to...