Pretty frickin’ powerful lyric for a cartoon “kids” movie. Learning the lessons young, amen to that. "The Next Right Thing" (from "Frozen 2" soundtrack) I've seen dark before But not like this This is cold This is empty This is numb The life I knew is over The lights are out Hello, darkness I'm ready …
Category: Insight
I’ve Heard It Said
I’ve heard it said that children at some point begin to resist what their parents have to say. This behavior is maybe obvious for adolescent-age kids, but it could happen at any age I suppose. Well, that reality has now arrived in my life. And our oldest daughter is nine years old. We're into Distance …
Sitting in the Hall…
An hour past Bed Time, that’s where I find myself. Our younger daughter lying on the hardwood floor outside my room, pretending to read to her self in the dark. She’s telling a story. It’s a school night. Whoowee. Tensions are rising. In me, anyway. Rather than blow a fuse, I try to relate. Half …
In The Midst Of It All…
...I’m reminded, above it all, before it all, the first priority, your first team, is your family. If you’re lucky enough to have kids, they have to be the first priority. I just read that Kellyanne Conway (who works in the White House), and her husband George Conway (a political columnist) are both stepping away …
Faith and Trust
What do I really believe it comes down to when all is said and done? When the last step, the last breath is taken? Faith in God whatever He or She is; trust that good and light will follow, however that is. This I think is fundamental; this is what Paul wrote about to the …
What Motivates You?
It’s a fundamental question. What motivates you? What lights your fire? What inspires you? Once you’ve figured that out, then... How do you create it “on demand,” when you need it? After all, motivation helps us get things done. So with our kids in this regard, it’s all about identifying what motivates them to do …
Friday, Two Minute Catch Up
Lately I’ve had my daily piece written and scheduled (at least) the night before. Not today. School underway for our kids, distance learning, shitty conditions outside with a heat wave and wild fires in the hills nearby and pandemic life, and...it all caught up with me this time. So a two minute post from the …
A New Way
Striving, searching, thinking about a new path. How to proceed, how to behave, how to think about it all? We walk a path, we work hard to get in the groove. We find the pace, the manner to step, we get comfortable with the features along the way. And then inevitably, at some point, things …
Bonus Post: This Bowl
This bowl had one of my favorite things in it today: leftovers. I can’t even recall what exactly was in it. But it helped me get through what felt like a long and was for sure another hot, humid day in the garage office. It’s my daughters’ bowl, and I was glad to have a …
I Don’t Understand
I was listening to the radio recently, about a person in New Jersey living in these pandemic times. They didn’t explain what his backstory was, whether he had a family, kids, etc. That said, he was quoted as saying. “I wake up on Saturday and I think, 'What am I gonna do to fill my …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 