Rich Antonelli

It’s been awhile!

I’ve been so busy the last few months with my band, my kids, school starting and life. My pledge campaign ended without reaching my goal but I have decided to go ahead and record my album…

Since I last wrote about my daughter’s fight against Crohn’s disease, there have been a few things that have happened. After some smooth sailing, it was learned that my daughter had stopped taking her medication. My wife happened to notice…

I’ve been a dad for 8 and a half years now. I have 2 little girls…ages 8 and 5. I also have 2 dogs but I’m not going to write about those 2 knuckleheads. I’m really not going to write…

Worry about what really matters to you…nothing else. It’s been over a year now since my daughter’s diagnosis and every day I try to remind myself of that first line. I’m not the type of person to sit back and…

“If I could be your pain, I’d run from you so far away…”
If (Jeannie’s song), Butch Walker

That lyric makes me think of my daughter. As much as I don’t want to miss anything in her life,…

March 3, 2010 was the worst day of my life. I had never really heard of Crohn’s Disease until that day. My then 7-year-old daughter had been having stomach and bowel problems for close to a year. We thought it…

I understand where road rage comes from.

For me, it comes from people who live in this world that really only care about themselves and are oblivious to the world around them and the people around them. Not sure…

A family dinner at Newport Creamery in Smithfield, RI turned into losing 2 hours of my life that I will never get back. We had just finished at my daughter’s orthodontist appointment and wanted to have a quick, easy meal…

One of the toughest things to do as a parent is to get your kids to try new foods. If it doesn’t involve chocolate, pizza, hot dogs or candy, then they usually don’t want any part of it. We’re pretty…

“Is it hot???”

Those are 3 words I’ve heard at least a few times a week for the last 5+ years. Another form of those 3 words is the phrase “Are we there yet?”. They even made a movie…

Blogging. This is it? How did I get here? Why am I here? I really don’t know the answers to these questions. I hear people talk about guys that stay home with their kids during the day while the mom…