At what points in your life have you questioned why you were experiencing what you were experiencing?
Why is this happening to me?
How am I ever going to get through this?
Why is this so hard?
I can’t do this…
It’s safe to say we’ve all said these things at some point, haven’t we?
I know I h...
Who surrounds you?
Who do you spend most of your time with?
How much of your life is based upon the opinions or needs of those people?
What are they saying?
“What makes you think you can do that?” or “How exciting! I know you can do it!”
“I just don’t get it. Why would you feel that way?” or...
Do you ever make a mistake then obsess about how dumb it was?
You know, like send a text to your mother-in-law that you meant to send to a friend?
Forget to attach the doc you referenced in an email?
Check out for groceries & realize you forgot your wallet at home? How about something more...
Ever feel like everyone else received an instruction manual for life except you?
Like you missed an email? Or should have reviewed your junk mail a little closer before recycling?
We’ve been watching The Greatest American Hero with our boys, & it’s fantastic for so many reasons.
One...The main...
Do you ever think, “Man...I wish I could be in junior-high again...”?
Yeah, me neither. 🙂
Certainly there are certain moments I wouldn’t mind revisiting. But all the stuff that goes with it? Nah. I could do without that.
Last weekend the boys watched a movie that reminded me of this. Jessi...
Have you ever been in the middle of something & suddenly thought, “Huh. How long have I been putting up with that? Has it always been this way?”
Sometimes it happens when we realize we’ve been tolerating something for a while...perhaps even years, right?
The other morning I turned on the TV f...
Pretty sure one of the instructors in my kickboxing class is an Avenger. I haven’t actually seen her in any of the movies, but I’m pretty sure I’d find her if I watched the final Avengers: Endgame fight scene in slow mo.
She’s pure muscle, & she could kick my ass & the ass of most people.
Most ...
What do you find yourself saying on your birthday?
This is a question I had never really asked myself...that I had never really considered...until today.
A couple days ago I turned 46. And it occurred to me that I never once said, “I can’t believe I’m 46,” with a slight groan. Something I’m ce...
Izaak, our 9-year old, came home from school on Monday with tears in his eyes.
“What’s wrong, buddy? Did something happen at school?”
“I have homework tonight.” He looked up with me with big, sad eyes.
“Well, yeah, buddy. You’re in 4h grade...You’re old now. You have homework sometimes.”
“Ye...
The holidays are over, & we’re easing into 2021…
As we put our Christmas tree away this weekend, I was struck by all the memories represented in one particular spot of the tree.
The 2014 baseball hat for Miles...because yanking at Matt’s hat was his favorite that year.
The Lady Gaga ornament we...
Have you watched any Netflix this year? Or Hulu or Amazon Prime?
I'm actually not much of a TV watcher. Wait...Prior to March 2020...I wasn't much of a TV watcher.
But somehow during the first part of the year I found myself slipping from one episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to the next fr...
So...Our Christmas elf is lazy…And the tooth fairy is usually less than timely.
Luckily Santa & the Easter Bunny each come only once a year, so they’re pretty on top of it. Those two even leave notes & eat treats most of the time!
But the elf & the tooth fairy? Not so much.
I’m awed by famili...
