Hockey injuries

My focus and main passion in life remains to be music. The beauty and the challenges alongside the wonderful community I am so fortunate to be a part of continue to inspire me. My hobby is hockey. Both playing and watching. I love this sport. Currently I am injured again from playing. I will spare you the details but I bruised my ribs pretty bad. I feel lucky that there is no break or damage to internal organs that they could find. Having recently endured another serious hockey injury that lasted a few months I am starting to wonder if it is worth it. Of course it is. However, I don't want to have numerous episodes like this every year for the next twenty years. I suppose it is a bad stroke of luck. Maybe the positive take away is the reminder that having one's physical health makes everything else easier and more enjoyable. Another recent topic for me was the 25th birthday this week of my oldest son Dylan. I can't believe he has been in our lives for that long. Time moves so fast. He is an amazing guy and I love spending time with him playing sports, talking about film/art and music etc. It was curious for me to realize that I wasn't exactly sure where I was when I turned 25 but with the help of my oldest pals Steve and Curf I figured out that I had been living in Montreal for a few months in my divey bachelor appartment. This inspired me to ask my Dad about his 25th birthday and we dug up some cool old memories over the phone about that too. It is a bit of a slow time in my music world. I have not been practising or composing as much although there have been some inpsiring projects that are ongoing. (working towawrds a couple new recordings with projects in which I am a sideman) These hockey injuries are not helping. I had to miss my Lipliners gig last night due to the pain. (some will think I stayed home to watch the Leafs playoff game but I can assure you that was not the case) One final note, I am really enjoying reading fiction again these days. Miriam Toews (I think she lives in my neighbourhood) my current fave author although I am currently reading the memoir of American pop singer Liz Phair. She is a good writer and has some good stories to tell. (including one of the most detailed descriptions, written in first person of giving birth I have ever read)