http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ A journal in webspace of one Chattanooga Hatch family's comings and goings. en-us robhatch@bellsouth.net 2008-07-05T23:00:25-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/07/what-does-it-mean-to-ride-on-the-4th-of-july.html So Josh sent out the note - offering a early morning ride on the fourth of July. He challenged We are changing things up this week and doing an all-American ride on Friday morning (instead of a non-American ride on... 72322@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-07-05T23:00:25-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/03/memoir-chapter-10-three-incidents-in-february.html Lots has happened in the last 4 weeks. Lots of items that I haven’t really thought through or confronted emotionally. This will be an accounting of the facts and a more general introduction to emotional themes. I really need to... 67806@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-03-06T22:33:32-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/03/memoir-chapter-9-a-theme-from-scripture.html Note: This is part of a larger series. Start here to read the whole thing. Several weeks ago on Sunday I was struck with amazing force by the scriptures. with messages that hit me hard. In the gospel of Mark... 67805@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-03-06T22:26:31-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/02/memoir-chapter-8-emotional-differences.html Note: This is part of a larger series. Start here to read the whole thing. One of the hardest things about my recovery has been the widely different emotional reactions that Marialice and I have had facing this time. The... 66044@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-02-18T10:00:00-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/02/memoir-chapter-7-where-is-god-in-all-of-this.html Note: This is part of a larger series. Start here to read the whole thing. In July of last year I wrote: Lord I need you today. I want to feel your presence in my life. I want to know... 66045@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-02-14T21:30:00-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/memoir-chapter-6-getting-kicked-in-the-chest.html Note: This is part of a larger series. Start here to read the whole thing. For Thanksgiving this year we drove to Peoria Il, to Marialice’s family. I took the mountain bike. Peoria has some great trails in the hills... 66043@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-29T10:20:00-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/memoir-chapter-5-the-doctor.html Note: This is part of a larger series. Start here to read the whole thing. I went back to the Cardiologist in early November. This is a letter I wrote to my friends and family after that visit: I wanted... 66042@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-28T10:10:43-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/backwards-blogging.html When I wrote my last cryptic post Bob responded asking what I was talking about. I haven't been blogging regularly over the last few years and so I'm now going back and writing through the last 4 months. Somehow blogging... 66007@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-24T15:27:11-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/nice-to-be-here.html Someone who I don't often see at work stopped me in the parking lot. He said "I know what you've been through, and I just want to say its good to see you. It's good to have you around" That... 65719@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-17T22:02:45-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2008/01/but-i-dont-feel-heavy.html The kids were playing with their cousins, Hannah and Ester. Somehow Liliana was told that she was really heavy. When she reported the statement to us, she added, "but when I pick myself up, I don't feel heavy, I'm light!".... 65871@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2008-01-02T21:40:37-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/can-you-say-that-in-spanish.html We were driving to church tonight. In our car were my Girls and my sister's girls, who were born in Argentina. We were talking about spanish and saying words and phrases in both English and Spanish. Lili piped up. "But... 64762@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-22T22:27:04-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/memoir-chapter-4-my-dad.html I’ve mentioned my dad a few times already. December 20 is a particularly appropriate date to think about him. My dad died 18 years ago on December 20. His heart stopped while he was standing in friend’s kitchen in Mexico... 66041@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-20T10:09:29-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/memoir-chapter-3-strength-and-weakness.html At a moment in my life when I felt the strongest, God has chosen to expose a significant and life changing weakness. At a moment when riding 100 miles and climbing mountains was more and more possible, when I... 66037@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-18T07:41:03-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/memoir-chapter-2-the-hospital.html Near death was one afternoon. Ongoing life – so far, a bit longer. After the doctors got my heart under control I wanted to go home, but they wanted to know what was going on. We talked with the cardiologist... 66030@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-15T22:29:55-05:00 http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/archives/2007/12/memoir-of-a-heart-attack.html This is a memoir of a heart attack, or better said, an extended episode of Ventricular Tachycardia. This is the memoir of near death and of ongoing life. There are huge emotional ramifications to this event that I am still... 65873@http://hatchspace.chattablogs.com/ 2007-12-10T22:40:15-05:00