7-40 Challenge | Planning Week My son and I don't get out alone much. Tonight we did. Our town shoots fireworks on the third and the fourth, so my wife kissed us both goodnight and sent us off — just the two of us, no plan beyond finding a spot and watching the sky come … Continue reading The Third of July
Category: Life
I Hate Being Sick
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I have a cold. It's just a cold — no deeper meaning, no metaphor, no lesson the universe is trying to teach me. I got sick. And I hate it. I've almost lost my voice, which is a special kind of cruel, because my whole system runs on talking. I … Continue reading I Hate Being Sick
Negotiating With Comfort
7-40 Challenge | Rest Week I read a line today that stung: "You already know what to do. You are just negotiating with comfort." I sat with that one a while, because it caught me. I know what to do. I've known all year. The Phase Defiant promotion plan has been written since May — … Continue reading Negotiating With Comfort
The Dream You Never Actually Wanted
7-40 Challenge | Rest Week I saw a quote today on social media. You've seen a version of it a hundred times: We only get one life. So why aren't you running as hard as you can toward your wildest dreams? It was attached to somebody's website. There was a famous name stapled to it … Continue reading The Dream You Never Actually Wanted
A Good Goodbye
7-40 Challenge | Rest Week Thirteen years ago, my grandmother was home, slowly waiting for the cancer to take her. I knew she was near the end. She lived about an hour and a half away, so I called and asked if I could come early. I drove down, and that morning I cooked her … Continue reading A Good Goodbye
