Onword and Upwords by Dennis Brady

  • A Little More Effort

    When was the last time someone blew your expectations out of the water; he/she just completely over performed? It doesn’t happen often, does it? It happened to me today. No, I wasn’t the over performer; I was the lucky recipient.… Continue reading

  • Learn From My Mistakes, The Sequel

    An earthquake rumbled through Charlotte and most of the East Coast today and I know that it’s because I am a day late delivering the 2 remaining life-changing, mind-bending amazing tips that I promised in Learn From My Mistakes. I… Continue reading

  • Playing Chicken

    I know, promised you that I’d give you the other 2 tips tomorrow, but it’s not tomorrow yet. It’s still today. And I have something else, so you’ll still have to wait til tomorrow for the remaining 2 tips. This… Continue reading

  • Learn From My Mistakes

    Forty-four years on this planet and I’ve learned a few things that I feel are my moral responsibility to pass along to make your life a little easier. While it’s true that I just learned these 3 things recently myself,… Continue reading

  • Better Habits, New Habitat

    I recently posted a blog, Are You Dreaming or Are You Doing?, and it basically dealt with my most consistent character trait, which is my inconsistency. I ended the blog with a message that God was trying to get through… Continue reading

  • Happy Birthday, Keely!

    Happy Birthday to my beautiful 14 year old miracle daughter, Keely. She was the gift God gave to me to prove that He is real! Check out her new website which is just underway at www.keelybrady.com. Continue reading

    Happy Birthday, Keely!

  • Are You Dreaming or Are You Doing?

    I made a profound statement to my daughter, Shelby today and the words have been stirring around in my head ever since. So, that tells me 2 things. The first is positively true; the second is probably true. One, if… Continue reading

  • UNDERWATER HOCKEY, REALLY?

    I was pretty sure that we Americans have too much time on our hands. How else could you explain the prevalence of reality TV shows? Then when curling became a wildly popular Olympic event, my suspicions grew to almost 100%.… Continue reading

  • The Apple Fell Too Far Away

    My parents are gardeners. Me…not so much. The apple fell a little too far away from the tree.(Pause for laughter). But that doesn’t mean I forsake trying. I like tomato sandwiches. So every now and again I will buy a… Continue reading

  • Who’s Being Unreasonable?

    My kids think I am unreasonable at times, well, maybe a lot of times. High expectations, unreasonable demands and just plain grumpy. Since they are unemployed, too young to drive and because we don’t live in West Virginia, they aren’t… Continue reading