RockScar Love

Words – The Gateway to Life and Death

rockscar — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:06:58 +0000

“Children should be seen and not heard” a line frequently stated in my house growing up. Daily mothers remind children of their place and praying that their children don’t embarrass them in public with their words. My mother words ring in my ears today reminding me that there is a time and a place [...]

Faith Interrupted

rockscar — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:14:07 +0000

Every day the sun rises and life offers new choices and experiences. In an instant, our walk can change with a new interaction or choice…life—the delicate compilation of memories, hopes and choices. Our personal history, and that of those we love, defines our future. We react to life based on our experiences, career disappointments, parental [...]

7 Wet Wants and Deep Desires of Most Any Woman

rockscar — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:44:24 +0000

I swam a lot while growing up, but not the lounge by the pool, sungoodess kind of swimming. I trained 2-3 hours a day in a pool doing thousands of laps followed by an hour of training in the weight room. My love for the water has had a profound impact on my personality and, [...]

20 Loves in 20 Years

rockscar — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:23:44 +0000

Yesterday I celebrated 20 years post liver transplant. In all honesty, I planned to make a post yesterday, but the flu took me down for the count. Even so, I wanted to share the 20 things from 20 years I am most grateful for, before it loses relevance. (1) My faith-For in my sorrows I [...]

Paging Dr. Jelly “McSexy” Fingers

rockscar — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:28:21 +0000

It seems I’ve spent much of my life in emergency rooms and doctor’s offices having medical tests and procedures. My body sports over 15 doctor’s signatures on it in the form of scars. On average I have at least one doctor’s appointment a week. What am I trying to say here? I’m not immune to [...]

Lotion & Lip Balm: Don’t Leave Home Without It

rockscar — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:04:11 +0000

It’s been a while since you’ve last heard from me and I would apologize for that but I have good reasons. I spent the month of December working on a film including three weeks in LA for filming. I returned home two days before Christmas Eve and by Christmas Day, I was sick with the [...]

Crossing the finish line on the side of Lance Armtrong?

rockscar — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:55:48 +0000

Last week Lance Armstrong came forward and admitted that he participated in doping. He had deceived just about everyone in the world. People perceived him to have a superior body that gave him a competitive edge – something we all discovered simply isn’t true. But like so many people – business pros to athletes to [...]

A Father’s Journey Through The Scars of CDH: Part 3

rockscar — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:47:02 +0000

Read “A Father’s Journey Through The Scars of CDH: Part 1 & Part 2“ Emotional scar #5 Surgery day. We knew June 21 was going to be a long day since there was really no way to tell how severe our son’s birth defect was until his surgeon “got in there”. All we knew was [...]

A Father’s Journey Through the Scars of CDH: Part 2

rockscar — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:17:12 +0000

Read part 1 of Neil Rubenstein’s “A Father’s Journey Through The Scars of CDH” Emotional scar #2 We had decided that once our son was stabilized, he would be transferred to another hospital just in case he needed to be put on an ECMO machine (a heart & lung bi-pass machine). Only a handful of [...]

A Father’s Journey Through the Scars of CDH: Part 1

rockscar — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:00:40 +0000

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of a scar is the physical kind. I think this is pretty typical. In my case, it’s not surprising given that I’ve had my fair share of physical scars starting back when I was 13. That was when I tore my ACL along with my [...]