when you really don’t want to let go
Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Well, and it was. Is. Amazing. Life-changing. Delightful and challenging and […]
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Have kids, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Well, and it was. Is. Amazing. Life-changing. Delightful and challenging and […]
“There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the […]
It’s December 3rd and already my to-do list is three pages long. Typed. Single spaced. 10 point font. There’s not […]
What is today, but tomorrow’s yesterday? Cute saying, but what – if anything – can it teach us? Well, if […]
I was going to publish this post on Thanksgiving. I mean, I really did write it Thanksgiving morning, just past […]
“God, give me guts.” So prayed Eli Mygatt, defending his hometown of Danbury back during the Revolutionary War while the […]
Joy. It’s that elusive something that we’re all sort of wanting to find, wanting to hold, wanting to keep close […]
It’s so easy to see the large times, the big things. The over-the-top sunrise that knocks you upside the head […]
So the truth is that the truth you just might need to hear today – might just need to really […]
It’s his last week home, college-man who’s grown up in what really was the blink of an eye. Really. Yeah, […]
It hit me like a ton of bricks. Metaphorically speaking, of course. That I can be…me. Just me. I can […]
He towers over me, this son of mine, the first one. Actually all three of them tower over me now. […]
Live in the moment. Notice the now. Count your blessings. Carpe diem. You’ve heard the advice, maybe even given the […]
I’m just gonna say it – there’s way too much to do and not enough time to do it all. […]
Dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s […]
It’s still sort of steamy around here. Days and days of hot and I’m not exactly complaining but my lawn […]
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” (~Nelson Mandela) “Never give up on something that you can’t go a day […]
What if you could practice joy like you practice the piano or the guitar or the perfect jump shot? Practice […]
I’ve been searching for joy for a million thousand years. Or maybe it just seems like that long. Maybe it […]
There will never be a “right” time. There will never be a “good” time. There is only “this” time. There […]