Break Some Silence

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There’s always a challenge in front of me after not posting for a little while; the things I wanted to say, or that really felt important to express, grow to such a number that the task of writing them all becomes overwhelming. It’s a phenomena I think there needs to be a word for – [...]

My Own Personal Passover

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Because my chilis have the week off from school, I didn’t have to be up as early to get ready to go to work myself. Consequently, I pushed my snooze button three times. And, not surprisingly, the kiddos – who had all asked to sleep in my bed last night – had already advanced downstairs [...]

Single Dad Complaining

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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 [...]

For Each Other

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I think backpacks on kids look kind of funny. Even when they’re supposedly proportioned for the less-than-adult-sized human being, it’s still a big hulking lump of a bunch of theoretically necessary stuff that often looks like it could take down my child if I just put one more little paper in! I promise I’m not [...]

Grief Insights Pt. 2 – Sit With It, Hurt, & Know

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Part 2 In considering the truths about loss that are permeating my self while populating my blog with the old CaringBridge journal entries, I was trying to stay in my moment and breathe – even though the moment felt sorrowful and difficult – and wanted to take note of one other thing that loss brings. [...]

Grief Insights Pt. 1 – Regret Reminders

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I just wanted to make a mention about grief. A few things tough about the truth of loss, I think. As I have prepared my website/blog, there has been a lot of rewarding and wonderful work that has gone into the process. Included in that, is the fact that I’ve tried to launch the blog [...]

Kids – To Church, Or Not To Church

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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 [...]