Did he know? When he was in the garden, on his hands and knees, his forehead against the cool dirt, and tears ran down his face, and sweat oozed like blood from his pores, did he know? I’m not sure what the answer is. I don’t know what Church doctrine says. I can’t know fur …
Category: Attitude
Balancing Retreat
Funny thing about getting unexpected down time – at least for me – I both welcome it, but also end up feeling stalled out, inertia awash, stuck. Friday was Day Two at home with a sick kid; on the mend she was, is, but all the same, she needed another day to heal up from …
Surprise! Thursday Retreat
[My view most of the day, above.] Life is often about making the best of your circumstances. Here's an example. I woke out of a dead sleep before midnight yesterday evening. Our oldest kid was sick with stomach flu. I spent the rest of the night with her on the couch, up every couple hours …
HAMILTON
Saw it a week and a half back. The beats and scenes and songs and the lyrics still running through my head. Inspired. Thank you, Lin-Manuel. Thank you, #AndPeggyToo Tour. Thank you, #HamiltonSF ~ HERE'S A TASTE OF IT, THE FIRST SONG... "Alexander Hamilton" (performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton Cast) [BURR] How does a …
The Stolen Child
When I was in college, I heard this song for the first time. Mike Scott of the Irish band, The Waterboys, wrote the lyrics, based on a poem by William Butler Yeats. All these years later, I've not read much Yeats -- though he's on my reading list ! -- for sure though, I soak …
G-096: Dispatch from the DMV CA
I hadn’t been into the Department of Motor Vehicles in a long time. And so when it was time for my 2019 Driver License renewal? It was time to pay a DMV Field Office a visit. I was headed to the office in Santa Clara. It was the place I had taken my original driving …
Addicted to Data?
A day without wearing a steps tracker, that's what today is. And my initial reaction, my feeling, is mixed. I feel like it's going to be a little empty today. Weird, right? I mean, who really cares how many steps I take? Why do *I* care so much about the number of steps I take …
My X-Factor — I Celebrate Her Too!
I’ve talked about her before as my own personal “X-Factor”...in fact, that nickname started before she was born. In my house growing up it was just me and my brother. Simple, dyad relations. Oh well, our parents were there too. 🙂 And our poor mom, she was the only female in the house. Fast forward …
Random, Repeated — Parent, Life Insights
These reminders might have been shared before. If so, still worth sharing again. 1/ Be bouyed by simple pleasures. Example? Tea station fired up for the week. Hot coffee. An extra hug. A goodbye kiss. An unexpected "Hello". 2/ Make eye contact. And smile first. Teach your kids to do the same. 3/ Keep learning. …
Celebrate Her
We did our best to celebrate her on her birthday. We made the day mostly about her, and I think it was a good one. My wife led the way, as she usually does. And so on top of being grateful for my first born, my first daughter, I was thankful for my wife once …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 