June 17, 2021

Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present.

Let’s dedicate this blog to all the Dads, past and present. I had a great dad. My friend here had a great dad. And I’m sure there are plenty of other present dads out there. Good on ya.

Oh man, I had physical therapy the other day. It was brutal. You see, I haven’t had this kind of therapy, where I stand up and walk, in a long time. When you take a break in therapy, it’s brutal coming back. It’s kind of like it was for me when I was a competitive runner. If you missed out on a couple weeks worth of work outs, it was tough when you came back. My physical therapy, it’s hard to describe. I wasn’t winded or out of shape. It was more like I was just rusty. Bottom line is, you gotta keep on doing your therapy.

Now let’s go back to the Father’s Day thing. You see, I’m a dad, so I’m gonna give you some fatherly advice.

Authority: always question authority. Don’t be a sheep, but be a wolf.

Love: it doesn’t matter who you love, as long as you have the ability to love.

Respect: don’t judge people, but respect them. Remember, everyone has the right to have their own opinion.

Simple: keep a low profile. Live a simple life. Don’t boast or brag about yourself.

Fight: fight for what you believe in.

Hope: never ever give up. Always have hope. Follow your dreams and your goals. For example, my goal is to walk again. It’s gonna happen, I have no doubt. It just takes a lot of work and a lot of time. Hopefully, I’ll be alive by the time I’m ready to walk.

Oh yeah, and, for God’s sakes, laugh at yourself. I mean you gotta have a laugh. Don’t take yourself too seriously.

Now that brings me to the conclusion of this blog. We’ve got to have a Dad Joke. I think I told you, I can’t remember.

OK, so there was this shark, right? He was eating a clown fish. What did he say? He said, “Man, this fish tastes funny.” LOL

Love you guys. Happy Father’s Day.

Love, B. NIce

June 9, 2021

Hi you guys. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present.

Every once in a while, you’ll do something and it’ll remind you that you’re really messed up. For example, I got on the floor, and I tried to do some yoga. Oh man, that was brutal. I thought I was gonna throw up. I haven’t been on my stomach in four uyears. I did notice, the rug needs a good vacuum. I guess you don’t see that when you’re like this, when you’re in the wheel chair.

Anyway, I just thought I’d share that with you.

Oh, I got up off the floor with my lift.

Talk to you next week. Love you and miss you.

Love, B. Nice

June 2, 2021

Hi everybody. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present.

Every day I take a nap from 1 to 2. I have to. It kind of recharges me. Anyway. I often take stock of the gains and losses from the day before. For example, I walked with a walker the other day. Of course I had help from my therapist, but I managed to walk with a walker. It’s kind of cool. It reminds me, though, that I’m basically back to where I was before my second brain bleed many years ago. As far as losses, I don’t think about those much. I just concentrate on the positive gains. That’s it for this week. Talk to you soon. Love, B. Nice

Oh yeah! Check out my blog about the past. You’ll see why I was a heavy drinker. And I’m not talking about coffee…

May 26, 2021

Hi you guys. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present. Hey, happy Memorial Day weekend. Let’s dedicate this blog to my father, who was in the service, and my friend’s father, who was in the service. In fact, let’s dedicate this blog to everyone who was in the service. That’s all I have for this week.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

P.S. Oh yeah, here’s a photo I took one memorial day many years ago. It’s from my website. briannice.com

May 10, 2021

Hey you guys. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present.

So, as you know, this past weekend was Mother’s Day weekend. Sunday was Mother’s Day. I was reminded that I had a great mom. She was a force of nature. She’d come into some pretty rough stuff as well as (as part of) raising me. She helped me get through therapy. You know, this whole brain injury thing. You know, as a matter of fact, I’m gonna dedicate this blog to her. She was a great mom. My sister’s also a great mom. My friend here, whose writing this for me, is also a great mom. As a matter of fact, let’s dedicate this blog to all the great moms out there.

Now, going back to the brain injury thing, I used to say this to my mom, “Oh man, why is this happening to me? Why can’t I do this, or why can’t I do that?” Now, she’d reply with something that still resonates with me to this day. She said, “Well…I don’t know why this has happened to you, but don’t think about what you can’t do. Think about what you can do. You’re lucky you’re still alive.” And that’s true. I remind myself that I’m pretty lucky. There’s a lot more people out there less fortunate than me. I’m lucky I made it so far.

Now I’m gonna be a mom right now. There’s two words that will get you far in life, and those words are PLEASE and THANK YOU. As a matter of fact, there’s one other word that will get you far in life and that’s PROMISE. I say this because my mom made me promise I’ll never tell you a story I have from a certain photoshoot I worked on in the late 80’s. Therefore, I’m not gonna tell you. How’s that for a cliffhanger?

Love, B. Nice