Visual Trademark - A Blog By CJ Mills

My mom used to tell me stories of how great of a big brother I was.  My little brother and sister were twins, so you could imagine the chaos that surrounded the Mills household when those two came home to be with their big brother. I often wondered what triggered my mind to care so [...]

With every passing year, I become more and more older than these young kids who will be earning millions in guaranteed contracts in the next few years.  I can’t imagine what is going through their heads as they go from College Freshman to NBA Millionaires.  This is what they’ve been dreaming for since they were [...]

I do - especially after today.  Many of you were aware that after Asher’s temp dropped on Wednesday, the Doctor decided to take a proactive approach and run all sorts of tests on Asher - one of which included a CT scan of his brain.  The results were not good.  According to the CT scan, [...]

A great mentor, and even greater friend, sent me the below, summarized prayer by Teresa of Avila. He used this prayer while going through his own life storm….
Let nothing disturb you.
Let nothing frighten you.
Everything passes.
Patience gains all.
God alone is enough.
I don’t know about you, but the above seems hard on any normal day, let [...]

Yesterday was met with some bad news.  Some of Asher’s test results (as outlined here) came back negative.  The part that I’m having a hard time dealing with is not knowing if the negative results are really something to worry about or not.  The doc now wants to run a more detailed test to see [...]

Only now, as a Father, can I truly appreciate everything my dad did (and does) for me.  Thanks for it all, Dad!

Part of Stats Suck Sunday.

Andrea typically puts Jadyn to bed, but tonight I ended up doing it as Andrea has a friend from Denver in town. With all the chaos surrounding the last week or so, it has been hard to get back in a routine. Jadyn is no different and has a real hard time settling down [...]

Life is not easy. As I look back on the last five years of my life, I realize I’ve had it pretty good. Great wife, house, daughter, job, etc. Still, I found myself complaining about the circumstance surrounding Asher’s birth with no reservation. Conversely, I personally know others who, in my [...]

I am a first time Dad. By that, I mean that I’m experiencing all the stages of being a parent for the first time. I am slowly learning all the “tricks of the trade” in preparation for my little boy who is scheduled to make an appearance in July; however, this week I [...]

I came across this video online and, aside from being an incredibly funny video, I think it has a lot of good stuff to say. Why do we all want to grow up so fast?

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