While decorating my parents’ tree last week, I took a picture of Lol and PJ sitting on the couch together. It may have looked like a normal photo of a mother & son-in-law lounging and having polite conversation, but in reality, they were having an intense, in-depth conversation about Christmas cookies. This is 90% of…

I brought my son to get his senior pictures taken yesterday. I dropped the ball on getting them done earlier in the year at the high school, so we had to drive 40 minutes into Charlotte to the photographer’s studio. I had to do this myself a million years ago and I remember it being…

Today is my 49th birthday. I’ve made it a tradition to write down the things I’m grateful for – the list being equal to the number of years I’m alive. Obviously I’m grateful for my family and all the important stuff, but this is just a list of things I really enjoy. It’s not preconceived…

Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech on April 23, 1910 called, “Citizen in a Republic”. The following is an excerpt from the speech that is often referred to as, “The Man in the Arena.” I have it framed on a wall in my house to remind my kids that they should never, ever listen to the…

I’m going through some, shall we say, unsavory times with my teenage son right now. I can’t go into detail because, like I’ve said before, I don’t care about embarrassing myself or oversharing my experiences, but it’s not my place to do it for others. But I did feel the need to shed some light…

Yesterday I read an excerpt about how George Harrison reacted to John Lennon’s death. He believed John was going to be ok because the body is just a suit you take off when you die, the soul is eternal. This is a Hindu belief called Atman. I thought, “Wow, that’s what I believe too!” It’s…