People are looking for happiness these days. Craving it. In deep need. There is the best GIF that will mske anyone smile. When you see the absolute joy on this little girl’s face, you cannot help but feel happiness. I love her pure joy and the fact that […]
I am at a loss. Truly. Deeply. My baby boy is growing up. Sigh. I can’t believe how this all snuck up on me. My boy, my recently turned 12 tear old boy, has a changing voice. His voice us deepening. How did this happen? One day he […]
Ask a woman who has given birth about that childbirth pain. More often than not she will note it had been excruciating. However, more often than not, she will also not be able to tell you based on memory what it really felt like. The memory of how […]
Last summer my son and I had a blast. We went on several domestic trips to enjoy the beautiful summer pool weather. He loves swimming. Just loves it. Thus, I sought out trips where he could get in plenty of pool time and where I could get in […]
The cliche is that life goes by too quickly. Blink and you miss key parts. You give your everything to your kids and then they are off to form their own families. The cycles go round and round. It’s the nature of life. And so I am reminded […]
Sometimes we have a lot of heavy things to ponder and forvehich big decisions are required. For instance, we had to decide whether to send my son into onsite school learning or to do 100% remote. After much thought, we opted to have him do remote learning for […]
This past weekend I embarked on an unexpected adventure. I needed to get my son an Xbox. Well, need is a rather strong term. I really wanted to get him a new one and he really wanted one. The “wants” converged. Apparently, so did everyone else. Every place […]
There is a path forward. We will be ok. That’s what I keep telling myself. That’s what I keep telling others. It’s what I tell my son. I was nostalgically flipping through photographs from last summer. The ones of my son swimming in the various pools, made me […]
Children are cute and cuddly and warm. Wait, that’s dogs. Well, maybe kids too. I tease my tween son all the time about his cuddle-factor. He grunts at me when I tease. Yet, he is still cute. Honestly, not much that he can do that would not lead […]
Every morning I try my best to try yo catch the sunrise. I certainly get up early enough. I just have to be intentional on what I seek at the beginning of each day.I try to instill that love of sunrises and, for that matter, sunsets in my […]
