An Ode to Parents and the MVPs of Your House

Family

My oldest friend in the world recently lost his father, a truly good and loving man whose personality and passion for the world stayed with him until the very end.  I will always treasure my last visit with him... a chance encounter while taking ARG for a walk where we got some pics of the family (his father was a professional photographer who probably loved his job more than anyone has ever loved their job).  At the time, ARG was still in her man-hater phase, but for some reason, she really liked him.  We have literally no explanation for that.  One of the few regrets I have in moving away from the D is that I can't be there for friends and family when something like this happens, and I hope that this post in some way makes up for that.

In real life, I work with families every day.  I get a lot of questions about how some of my clients end up the way they do.  And there are a lot of reasons, really.  But the biggest reason can be answered pretty easily...

MVPs of the House

I was so exhausted from working hard on this blog I've been a little lax in getting new material up, had a few ideas and didn't like any of them enough.  Then loyal reader C.E.B. posted the following on the Facebook, "Finally got a new refrigerator after a week living with just a dorm room fridge.  I'm declaring the refrigerator the MVP of appliances."

Inspiration.

I'm sure after reading that you found yourself wondering, what would the MVP of each room of my house be?  If you didn't, shame on you, well, you probably don't write a mildly popular sports blog.

Let's do this.