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Category: parenting
Naming Sad
Sometimes we feel sad. It’s ok to have those feelings. And I think it’s also important to understand you don’t have to always know why you’re feeling that way. Simply by naming it and letting yourself feel it, that’s a good way to experience it. It’s just a feeling. And it will pass. Don’t fight …
Hello Worry, My Old Friend
A quick search for the word “worry” or “anxiety” in this blog pulls up more than a dozen entries over the last couple of years. My old friend, Worry, has become an oft-visiting character herein. GOOD. As I’ve written elsewhere, I’ve dealt with near constant anxiety all my life; and so bringing it up more …
Let It Flow, Let It Go
The new year beginning maybe has a special magic power to make new beginnings. Time flows like a river that never runs dry. We humans like ritual, maybe that’s part of it too. I’ve had this underlying, mysterious anxiety that’s been flowing through me for much of the last few years. I’ve done my best …
What Matters Most?
Funny, I strive to adhere to basic principles I consider positive and timeless… Those of the Stoics, of Buddha and Jesus…high minded, far reaching, eternal good, Somehow it all boils down to the people, always the people, always my family, my kids, my friends, my co-workers, all those mixed up in a big wok of …
Troika: Adjust
It was 157am when I heard the crying from the other room. I shot out of bed and across the hall to the kids’ room. My oldest daughter was whimpering in bed. She hadn’t been feeling well the day prior; now she was struck down by fever. And so as I cared for her in …
Harmony
At work, at home, Harmony, In patterns and counts and collaboration and progress, Harmony, In decorating and ornaments and cooperation, Harmony, Seek, Create, Manifest, HARMONY. Counting Decorating
Job One
As I’ve gotten older and now have more than 30 years into my career, many things are more clear about life and work. In the end it’s the people in your life that matter most, especially children, especially if they’re *YOUR* kids. A recent list left on my refrigerator sums it up pretty well. It’s …
Example: Good Dad, Good Human
I know this guy, met him more than 10 years back, but less than 20. He was a sales guy, then started his own contractor business remodeling houses. Father of three like me, two girls and a boy. He’s a gregarious guy, salt of the Earth human. I don’t get to see him much, but …
Speed Post:: All Saints (Hallows) Day
Remember the saints on this day, remember the lessons they’ve left us, Remember that saints are sinners who just kept trying, Trying to do right by others, trying to do right by God somehow, Somehow finding the strength and perseverance to keep trying, to the end, Just that, and then hallowed, in the end, Amen …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 