I find myself periodically in this space. I’m wrangling to keep my kids on task during the crunch time of work/day evenings. We’re working to stay on schedule to meet a goal, in this case lights out in time for a good night’s sleep. As they seem to wander to and fro, distracted, my guiding …
Category: parenting
Sing Song
I love music, and I L O V E this song. It’s one of my favorites, over the few decades since I first heard it. I learned the words long ago, and sing along pretty much whenever I listen to the tune. “A Pirate Looks At Forty” by Jimmy Buffett. It’s a great one. Many …
Promo
Promo, don’t you know, Not the commercial kind, oh no! Rather the advancement, getting promoted forward, skyward, No in work, but school, Grade 5 to be exact, Our oldest, our leader, Older than her 11 years, On to middle school, Our two-house family come together to celebrate and support and fill her with love, Filled …
Pace
Pick it up, Slow down, Live by it, Die by it? Don’t let it kill you, Learn to master it, When to allow yourself to be swept up, When to let hurry by when too quick, It’s up to you, Pace.
Week-end Struggle
Weird to think, struggle on the weekend, Fun and games and care-free ways give way to toil and trouble, bubble bubble, As Sunday night settles in, angst and worry, aches and pains, imagined, real, pour in through the cracks and splits, Lava creeping, melting, molding all to worry, can’t control, overwhelmed, just what we don’t …
Early Morning Overdrive
Early morning workdays, they seem to start like this most days. Overdrive. Zero to sixty in no time. My mind goes from dreamy rest to racing thoughts, flashing across my mind’s eye. List accelerating, things, tasks to-do’s adding to the bottom and the list gets long in a hurry. Quickly spiraling, my heart beat quickens, …
Diner 2541
Sometimes it’s like my house is a diner; sometimes the dining table is like one at a diner. But the wait staff at this diner (me/dad) doesn’t do a great job of cleaning up between meals served. Crumbs on the table, and under; not swept in a while; place mats left out, askew. The Good …
Haiku Form, Mother’s Day
Moms are bedrock, known, Constant, like air itself, joy, Found in you, always.
Blog Like a Tweet: No Filter. GOOD.
I think that’s one of the main points of this blog. Unfiltered, honest sharing about life in my little corner of the universe. Nothing fancy, just mine. It’s 2:57 PM in the afternoon on Saturday as I write this. After 26 days of Covid in the family and single parenting, the kids went back to …
“Love Never Fails”
This Good Friday, I feel pretty far from the usual church ideas and rituals around celebrating this day. For us Christians, today is one of the most important days of the year, when we remember the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. The darkest day gives way to the brightest, a couple days following. It feels …
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