Dave Barry

What we all three came away from and we Michelle and I talk about this like almost every day is that if you think that you have trouble in your life, you probably don't. You know, like the things that we go around worrying about and the things people get upset about. They don't matter. Did you get up this morning? Can you walk around? Are the people you love still around? Are they alive?

What we all three came away from and we Michelle and I talk about this like almost every day is that if you think that you have trouble in your life, you probably don't. You know, like the things that we go around worrying about and the things people get upset about. They don't matter. Did you get up this morning? Can you walk around? Are the people you love still around? Are they alive?

That's all that matters. It doesn't matter if your roof is leaking and your car is messed up. It doesn't matter who got elected president of the United States, whether you like them or you don't like them. That does not matter. What really matters is the things absolutely closest to you, your kids, your loved ones. And are they OK? You know, are you OK with them? That's all that matters.

That's all that matters. It doesn't matter if your roof is leaking and your car is messed up. It doesn't matter who got elected president of the United States, whether you like them or you don't like them. That does not matter. What really matters is the things absolutely closest to you, your kids, your loved ones. And are they OK? You know, are you OK with them? That's all that matters.

When you say it changed your life, is it because you now live yourself since that hospital room? Absolutely. Every single day when something bad happens that I think is something bad, I think about Sophie and lying there. And she couldn't move. And that's, you know, that looked like for a while, that looked like that was it. You know, she'll never get to Duke and she'll never walk again.

When you say it changed your life, is it because you now live yourself since that hospital room? Absolutely. Every single day when something bad happens that I think is something bad, I think about Sophie and lying there. And she couldn't move. And that's, you know, that looked like for a while, that looked like that was it. You know, she'll never get to Duke and she'll never walk again.

And thank you, you know, because there are people, plenty of people who didn't, who were in the same situation and didn't get out of it. So every single day that anything remotely bad happens to me, I think about that immediately goes to there. I go to there. you were not like that before that hospital experience.

And thank you, you know, because there are people, plenty of people who didn't, who were in the same situation and didn't get out of it. So every single day that anything remotely bad happens to me, I think about that immediately goes to there. I go to there. you were not like that before that hospital experience.

Okay. Well, I'm not like, I was never like a, just like an idiot about, you know, anything that bothers me is the worst thing in the world. I mean, we all know people like that. And I was never that, but I was like, I was, I could get, be upset for days about pretty minor things before it takes off.

Okay. Well, I'm not like, I was never like a, just like an idiot about, you know, anything that bothers me is the worst thing in the world. I mean, we all know people like that. And I was never that, but I was like, I was, I could get, be upset for days about pretty minor things before it takes off.

an incredible amount to get me upset about anything for more than 10 minutes now because my mind goes right back to that. So that did change me. That changed me more than anything else that ever happened to me.

an incredible amount to get me upset about anything for more than 10 minutes now because my mind goes right back to that. So that did change me. That changed me more than anything else that ever happened to me.

I'm going to just say it. She is the best. My other kid is two. I have a son, Robin. He's an incredible kid, too.

I'm going to just say it. She is the best. My other kid is two. I have a son, Robin. He's an incredible kid, too.

Well, I picked him up in the Wienermobile at school. So like that was. Yes, he got the celebrity journalist Dave Barry as the father. Well, he told me he was he was went back to his school for the reunion last last spring. And he and he said the thing that most people still remember was that I picked him up in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. So that was a gift.

Well, I picked him up in the Wienermobile at school. So like that was. Yes, he got the celebrity journalist Dave Barry as the father. Well, he told me he was he was went back to his school for the reunion last last spring. And he and he said the thing that most people still remember was that I picked him up in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. So that was a gift.

And like not many fathers can give their children that.

And like not many fathers can give their children that.

Yeah. No, I'm a big believer in having kids later in life because of that. Yeah. Because you you get more you appreciate it more and you have more. I think you have more time for them. But you're less selfish. I think so. And you also usually have more resources. The other view of it is if you have your kids early, then you can start partying in your 50s. Right, you can get your life back.

Yeah. No, I'm a big believer in having kids later in life because of that. Yeah. Because you you get more you appreciate it more and you have more. I think you have more time for them. But you're less selfish. I think so. And you also usually have more resources. The other view of it is if you have your kids early, then you can start partying in your 50s. Right, you can get your life back.