It’s May, and that means people everywhere are tired. Teachers are tired. Bus drivers are tired. School staff members are tired. Coaches are tired. Parents are tired. All the people are tired. Except kids. Kids are not tired. They are wired and excited and full of energy. Because May. For a child, May is everything awesome. Field day, field trips,…
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Sometimes, we are just in a funk. There isn’t anything that has happened necessarily to cause the funk. There’s nothing you can pinpoint. Maybe the motivation to get up and get moving isn’t quite there? Or maybe there’s an apathy toward things you would otherwise be excited for? Whatever it is, you just feel it. I’ve been in that space…
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Yesterday evening, I made my way out to the garage for a quick workout. With book in hand, I stepped onto the elliptical nestled between the bins and the clutter. I opened my book and quickly realized the dim 5:00 December light coming in from the open garage doors would not be enough for my aging eyes – even with…
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Friends, It’s been so long since I have written in this space. In some ways, it’s been so long since I’ve written at all. On the morning of August 27, I said goodbye to my three friends from high school who had come to spend the weekend with me. The night before, we had ventured to downtown where we ate…
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Small choices matter. They help us. And they can hurt us. I remind myself of this a lot. Because in my lifetime, I’ve been down a lot of slippery slopes I never even realized I had started sliding down until I was near the bottom. The addict doesn’t wake up one morning with the goal of being an addict. It’s one drink….
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