Listening to my kids sleep always brings me joy. There’s a few reasons, at least. Mostly it’s because they’re so peaceful, steady breaths in and out. If there’s enough light to see their relaxed faces, all the better. And as they can create a whirlwind of activity sometimes, it’s nice to see this other, less …
Category: parenting
Lyrics Post: “Release”
29 years ago. This song goes back. Hard to believe. Speaks to me more now than it did then. From Pearl Jam, “Ten.” What an epic album that was; is. GOOD. RELEASE. “Release" I see the worldFeel the chillWhich way to goWindowsillI see the wordsOn a rocking horse of timeI see the birds in the …
Go With The Flow
Let it ride, let it go, go with the flow. That right there is a solid gold tenant of successful parenting, and may successful living overall. Of course there are times when you need to lean in and insist on an agenda, actions, compliance. That’s definitely true. That said, I suspect learning when to go …
The Only Thing To Do…
The only thing to do is keep going. It’s a new week, keep going. It’s a new day, keep going. Your relationships are a little funky; maybe a lot funky. Keep going. You’ve made the same errors more times than you’d like, maybe more thank you can count, keep going. It’s hard, keep going. You’re …
Ordinary Time
If you check out this blog periodically, you might notice Sundays of late, I’ve had some reference / little lesson or take I’ve picked up from a weekend Bible reading. This time around, I’m just thinking about Ordinary Time; I think the Church uses this term to reference the time between Easter and Christmas seasons. …
Let Love Stand
That’s it, I think. That’s the blog post for today. It’s love like a tweet. Blog like a tweet: LET LOVE STAND.
Spool Up
I love this term. Maybe I like it because it’s sometimes used to reference an aircraft engine warming after being turned on. At least, that’s what’s in my head... : - ) I looked it up, so for all my engineer / machine-thinking friends, I found this, related to “turbo power”: “Turbo spool time is …
Scenes From “Stay-cation” 2020
Doing, Playing, Reading, Playing, More Doing, Being Clearing the yard, phase 1. Good read at the DMV, and anywhere really. Building and creativity. Old-school dinosaur chasing person upstairs. Coffee take-out. America. Ride in pick-up.
I’ll Take It
As it comes, I’ll take it. Easy conversation, I’ll take it. Blue sky, cool breeze, I’ll take it. Light sheen of sweat blankets me, I’ll take. Smoke wafting from the barbecue, I’ll take it. A billion emails expected on Monday morning, I’ll take it. Kids quietly watching TV, I’ll take it. Detente, I’ll take it. …
Why Is It So Hard?
These things we are called to in life, these difficulties thrust before us, why does it have to be so hard? It’s just life. It is what it is. One of those four great truths Buddha identified: “Life is difficult.” In Matthew 10:16, Jesus makes a similar observation as he spells out how his friends …
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