Jan 12, 2019 | Thinking About Life
Sometimes this thing happens in my life where I learn a new word or concept, hear about a new person, or restaurant or book, and then suddenly, I’m seeing that thing everywhere. It happened this way when we bought a Kia Carnival. I’m sure there were approximately zero...
Jan 5, 2019 | Thinking About Life
Flashback to October, 2018: Me to my friend, Jamin: “The new screen time app says I’ve been on my phone for five hours.” Jamin: “Yeh, that’s probably right.” Me: “Nah, that can’t be right. I have hardly used my phone today…” Me, via text the next day: Jamin! I think...
Dec 29, 2018 | Thinking About God, Thinking About Life
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. -Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander...
Dec 26, 2018 | Parenting is Haaaaard
If I had the chance to go back in time (to 2007) and have a complete parenting do-over, I’d rethink my whole attitude toward Santa Claus. I’ve been pretty hit-and-miss when it comes to the whole mystical creatures deal. One year at Easter, I chewed up a...
Dec 21, 2018 | Thinking About Life
I’m heading into the Christmas season with a little more Yvette hanging around than I’m traditionally comfortable with, and because my Fit-by-40 campaign has to start sometime, I’ve come up with some strategies for tackling all the festive season eating… So here’s my...
