Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

  • Believing

    Will and I were practicing baseball in the backyard and I said, “Son, we’re gonna make a baseball player out of you.” He corrected me. “I am a baseball player.” Right, ok. Let me rephrase. “Well, you’re going to be… Continue reading

  • No Need To Nag

    It was a very simple thing, but yet profound. We had to leave by 9:15am for Will’s ball game and it’s 9:05 and I haven’t returned home yet from Anytime Fitness. I call Sandra to let her know that I’m… Continue reading

  • Toby Update

    Toby is almost the perfect dog. He’s quiet, calm and relaxed. And he hasn’t chewed my shoes. My kind of dog. But I said he’s almost perfect. Almost. For one, he’s not yet 100% house trained. Or it just may… Continue reading

  • Toby

    I’m learning a lot about relationship building from Toby. We may never be best friends, but I’m committed to our relationship. Toby is a 2 and 1/2 year old French Bulldog/Pug mix that we adopted from a rescue agency in… Continue reading

  • Mistakes

    He will never let me forget. Will’s baseball practice had just ended and we walked the long 40 year journey through the wilderness back to the car. “Will, where is your glove?” He responded with big, questioning eyes. “Will, you… Continue reading

  • Invalid Words

    I love the game Wordfeud. It’s like Scrabble except if you play a crazy word, your opponent can’t challenge it. You just get the message shown above, “Invalid Word” and you remove it and keep trying til you play a… Continue reading

  • Do The Math

    The other day Sandra was looking for her iPhone charger that has a permanent place by the couch. But this time it wasn’t so permanent. It was missing. So Will and I began an exhaustive search for it. Keely didn’t… Continue reading

  • The Park

    This is a park. The 9th Street Park in Charlotte according to Siri. Hmm… We dropped off the girls at the Second Harvest Food Bank to serve with their Key Club on this Saturday morning and we searched for a… Continue reading

  • Fighting the Flesh

    I have 3 forces fighting a battle within me. One is spiritual. It’s the part of me that desires to get up early and spend time with The Lord. The other force is professional in nature. The one that is… Continue reading

  • Shutting My Fat Mouth

    I’m realizing that my devotion life with God is an integrated two-way communication system. Giving and receiving. For my whole life I have practiced only the first part. In my prayer time I give The Lord thanks. I give Him… Continue reading