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Sharing the truth of my experiences with vulnerability
Back to School Adaptation Tips
I absolutely love when the kids return to school. It is so wonderful that they go to sleep at 8:00 pm every night during summer. They read for 30 minutes before bed, of course after they have done the dishes and cleaned their rooms. They go upstairs on...
The Only Thing We Need to Fear is Fear Itself
...and Spiders! I remember being in college at parties in dark basements. Being 6’6” tall, I would tend to clean the rafters of spider webs, sometimes having the fortune of having brief meet-and-greets with these little 8-legged terrorists. I first became...
How To Say Sorry and Really Mean It
I am sorry... My wife would tell you I say this quite frequently. The problem is that I often don’t mean it. That sounds horrible but truth be told often times my brain simply catches that I have done or said something that leads to potential or actual...
Sometimes You Have to Grab an Opportunity
Why would you do that? This was the statement I heard from my father when he asked me why I would spend money on a 1971 Volkswagen Convertible. The answer was simple:Why wouldn’t I? I grew up with the post-Great Depression second-generation influence from...