We had a safe flight that was on time. The boys were pretty good the whole time. They’re sleeping now. Grateful for relatively easy travels and time with family. Happy almost thanksgiving....
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When life won’t slow down we have to do things to throw a stick in the spinning wheel. We go go go until we drop. But we need to rest. To spend time with family and do other things. To get away. What would life look like if we didn’t need these breaks? These...
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There’s no off button. No all to yourself. No laying in bed binge watching eight hours of your favorite show. It’s compromise and sharing and balancing the load. Trading on and off. Continuing to give when others have long moved on to something else. Finding patience where there is none. Finding love where there...
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It is so easy to avoid the hard work. The work that matters. There are hundreds of thing i can easily distract myself with. Pretending they have value. But the nagging doesn’t go away. The nagging doesn’t stop until the work is done. When all you do every day is row, sleep, eat, row,...
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Need sleep. It’s crucial to get some rest and shut everything off. Phones. Tvs. Devices. Your mind. And wake up ready for a new day. Tonight when you close your eyes I hope you fall into a deep and blissful slumber. See you in the morning....
Continue readingThe Best Medicine
Laughter. Full bellied uncontrollable laughter. Tears of pure joy. And with the one you love the most. We need more laughter. There’s too much anger, and frustration, and fear. I want to find more ways to laugh. To laugh at the hard stuff. It’s so much better for the soul. PS – If you...
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We can’t possibly know what the end of a journey will look like. We can imagine and dream and hope. And that is our fuel. When things get tough and we don’t feel like we are making progress – this is what we need to rely on. And if you stick it out long...
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I don’t know what happened in the cosmos last night, but today was a near perfect day. Both boys slept through the night in their own beds (Julian only up once). They had a great day playing with Roberta. I got a candidate hired. I made some new connections at work and have an...
Continue readingMake Your Mark
I was listening to the Waking Up podcast with Sam Harris today. He usually does a long intro and I find these intros just as interesting and thoughtful as the discussions he attempts to have with other people. In the episode today (#145) he said something that has stuck with me that I’d like...
Continue readingIf Mom Were Here
I feel like nothing is good enough lately. I’m not happy with my writing. I’m feeling depleted and like I don’t have much to give. I’ve written several posts already tonight and they feel like junk. I actually have the time to write right now but I feel like I’m wasting it. Hmm. If...
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