and so forward we go
It’s his last week home, college-man who’s grown up in what really was the blink of an eye. Really. Yeah, […]
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It’s his last week home, college-man who’s grown up in what really was the blink of an eye. Really. Yeah, […]
The noise can be deafening, the distractions relentless, the pace unsustainable. If you let them. We live in a world […]
Check-lists, task-lists, to-do-lists. Lists of what it is that we want to do, plan to do, really, really need to […]
It’s the crazy ones who say it. You know who they are. They’re the ones that start a band when […]
1. Paying more attention to what you don’t have than to what you do have There’s a reason why gratitude […]
I’m reading the complete works of Aristotle. No, really, I am. Or at least I’m trying to. Okay, at least […]
I slip a patty on the grill and hear sharp sting of sizzle as meat connects to hot iron. Sustenance-in-the-making […]
I’ve done it, maybe even a million times. Just up and broke a promise that I made and let the […]
I taught myself how to play the violin. Just up and decided one day that I wanted to, so got […]
What if you could practice joy like you practice the piano or the guitar or the perfect jump shot? Practice […]
Yeah, I’m just about ready to give up. Because the thing is, where in the world is the real in […]
There will never be a “right” time. There will never be a “good” time. There is only “this” time. There […]
Spring has finally sprung ’round these parts, despite this morning’s being chock full of fog and drizzle. I won’t be […]
I remember the first time my firstborn got behind the wheel of a car, his newly minted permit tucked into […]
The struggle. That’s part of the story. Maybe even the most important part. But it’s not a part we really […]
Yep, turns out it’s true – it’s hard to be you. The real you. Because who knows who’ll up and […]
Here we are just a few steps into Spring but the ice is still clinging to the eaves, despite the […]
Ever run across a quote that just speaks plain truth? “If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of […]