We are married to our phones. Heads down, text neck (it’s a real thing- https://www.spine-health.com/blog/modern-spine-ailment-text-neck) in full effect. There’s a world out there! Full of sights and sounds and heat. Full of people that can enrich your life. Make you so full of love and hope and joy. But we are confused. We want...
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We didn’t go out for dinner. Or drink champagne. Or have date night. We had leftover Chinese food at the dinner table. Told our son to stop putting his feed on the table. And managed our elderly food obsessed dog darting under the table for every scrap thrown on the floor. It feels like...
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There’s value in working for and with difficult people. They teach us how we want to be by showing us how we don’t want to be. They cause us pain and frustration, which sparks creativity and grows determination. It’s not easy but if you can learn to manage the emotional highs and lows and...
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It’s as simple as that. No need to boast or brag. Show up. Do the work. And let it speak for itself. If you have to narrativize everything you do it’s because you’re missing something. The belief and the body of work behind all the claims. And when you win/succeed be sure not to...
Continue readingWhat To Do When You Get Frustrated
If you’ve got the answer to this one let me know. I’ve been looking my entire damn life and still don’t know. I feel like I’m on an endless loop of “look kids Big Ben, Parliament” and can’t make that next turn to get off. Circling round and round the same character flaw for...
Continue readingAnd So On
Hold em close and hold em tight. Whether they be baby dog or partner. How could we possibly have regret? When each day affords a million opportunities to say “I love you” or to hug and kiss and be close. No matter the ups and downs. The bickering. The small fights. Strive to end...
Continue readingPine Cones And Why Being Little Matters
Tonight I took my son for a walk after dinner to burn off his energy before bed. We got about halfway around the block when we picked up some small pine cones. I held a few in my hand for him and he ran over and touched them all. Then he found some more...
Continue readingSqueaks And Toots
Squeaks Toots Snores Sweats Babies and toddlers sleeping sound I look at them and I feel the love so deeply It feels as though I’m looking through my parents eyes What must they have felt watching us grow and do all the mundane things that little ones do There aren’t enough kisses in the...
Continue readingBrilliant Or Bastard
You can be one or the other or both. It’s a choice. Contrary to what you might try to tell yourself, you’re in control of which one(s) you choose to be. You’re not possessed. You’re the reason for your brilliance and beauty and light as well as your buttheadeness and cruelty and impatience. I’m...
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One of my mom’s favorite lines from a movie was “No towels. Need sleepy” from Tommy Boy. That pretty much sums up how I feel right now. Too tired and too overwhelmed tonight. Perhaps I’ll have something brilliant to share tomorrow. After I sleep a thousand sleeps. Oh and PS- don’t be a butt....
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