It is the start of another year. Can you believe it? In my home the start of the new year is another opportunity to celebrate. It was 21 years ago this week that I married my best friend. It seems like only yesterday and it also seems like forever ago all at the same time. … Continue reading My Best Friend

Have you ever found that you don’t enjoy something as much as you once did? It is not that the activity has changed, you have. The things that mattered the most at one point in time are now trivial things that only come up now and again. Seasons change and so do people. Should we … Continue reading Is it time for a change?

The best is yet to come. I love this Frank Sinatra tune. I like it because it is a good love song. It is also a good mantra for life. The best is yet to come. Things may be good now, but that doesn’t mean that can’t get better. Maybe things are hard right now...the … Continue reading The Best Is Yet To Come

There are many who believe these two words go hand in hand and that to have one you must have the other. I have a different take. (For this post I define nice as pleasing; agreeable; delightful. I am defining good as excellent or virtuous.) There are four ways to look at this: 1. There … Continue reading Nice or Good?

I can’t think of many things that hurt more than seeing hurtdisappointmentrejection/loss in the face of your own child. This is especially true when they felt safe and then no longer feel safe in a place or situation. Not long ago we were visiting somewhere new. My boy (T) was around a group of kids … Continue reading What do you do when they are just mean?