The Rare Species: Park Time
You know how parents take their kids to the park? Or on a rare sunny day they sport the kiddos out on a walk, maybe with a bike rider in tow? Yeah, these things don’t happen over my way; it’s time to come out of the closet and admit – I don’t do that. Almost [...]
Read MorePost-Holiday Blech
Forget a New Years celebration – it’s a full on PITY party up in here! That’s my funny way of prefacing a complaint. And, hopefully, a conviction to do better. The day after Christmas is difficult for me. In part, that makes good sense. I practically lived for Christmas-time all through my life. And even [...]
Read MoreSingle Dad Complaining
It’s a gripe-fest, folks. Complain-O-Rama. I thought if I just said it outright from the beginning, maybe it would soften it…? As I’ve been considering the evolution of this blog, there are many little aspects about it that started with the whole shebang, but now need to change. Put in gross Darwinian terms, it’s as [...]
Read MoreYou Matter Because You’re You
I think I have a vulnerability hangover. It has been really like splitting open my body and soul from top to toe, and laying open all there is to see over the last several weeks. I’ve been blessed with a project opportunity that is still in the launching and development phase, called HisXhers (read: his [...]
Read MoreKai’s Quoteables: A Kiss For Christmas
Today we sat in front of the computer, Kai and I. He was playing with my phone, and listening to music he proudly selected. Eventually, he found a particular delight for himself in listening to “The 12 Days of Christmas” by Phineas and Ferb. And yes, Christmas music is on my phone in September. Folks, [...]
Read MoreShe Don’t Know She’s Beautiful
I teach dance. It used to be a grander part of my existence, but now (and appropriately so) it has been minimized to a single hour-and-a-half class per week. That’s quite alright – it’s all I can really handle accomplishing these days, though it is good because it still pushes me creatively, and inspires me [...]
Read MoreMoments Made For Taking For Granted
In our week, between school on weekdays, and dance class on Saturday, a Sunday morning is the only opportunity I might have for “sleeping in”. By this, I cannot imply that I may sleep until eight or nine-o-clock (much less the eleven or twelve of yester-years college days); no, my children still awaken at the [...]
Read MoreKids – To Church, Or Not To Church
A little fair warning… I actually wrote this entry a bit selfishly, in that I used words familiar in the Mormon vernacular (i.e. “ward”, which in common Christian sects would be equivalent to a congregation) because I was feeling my feelings while I wrote it and didn’t want to define it all out. I hope [...]
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