-
Recent Posts
Archives
- August 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- December 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- March 2018
- September 2016
- April 2016
- September 2015
- July 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- March 2014
- August 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- October 2012
- September 2012
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: family
Learning the Chicken Dance at 88.
I remember learning the chicken dance as an adult at the first German wedding I attended. As I thought, “How ridiculous!, You want me to do WHAT!?!” Then you begin the dance with the hand beaks comes a smirk, the … Continue reading
Posted in The Journey
Tagged Carpe diem, chicken dance, Dead Poets Society, family, go play, hope, what will your verse be?
Leave a comment
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…a tech free space.
I looked around the room to see five people all facing the middle of the room, the television showing a movie we were watching ‘together’. It should have been a great shared experience, but for the five people in the … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged Carpe diem, computer use, computers, family, holiday travel, journey, make today count, techfree
2 Comments
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…time.
The holidays bring such an onslaught of busy-ness that we often forget to spend time with the most important people in our lives, our families. In the hustle and bustle of the season, in the family politics, the office parties … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged a walk in the rain, Carpe diem, family, go play, journey, time
5 Comments
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me…entertainment.
Entertainment is a form of escape. It takes on different forms and most of them do not involve work. So, when someone is watching an awesome bowl game between two college teams with as much back story drama as ’50 … Continue reading
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…freedom.
As our kids and I stood in the Lubbock airport and watch mommy go through security, I am struck by the difference that almost ten years of marriage makes. She is going to visit her family that is in need … Continue reading
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…equity.
This is the fifth post in this series, let me recommend you first read ‘Twelve Debts of Christmas‘, ‘Family Holiday Ground Rules’, ‘1 Million Dollars’ and ‘A Mental Breakdown’. Okay, okay lets be honest this doesn’t really happen, right? Equity in time, spending, … Continue reading
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me…family holiday ground rules.
The second debt of Christmas is to your immediate family. There are so many things that pull on you during the holidays and you have to develop family ground rules to deal with those issues. These are general rules on … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged Carpe diem, family, holiday travel, hope, the meaning of Christmas
8 Comments
On the Third Day of Christmas my True Love Gave to me…one million dollars.
If this is the first post you are reading in this series, let me recommend you first read ‘Twelve Debts of Christmas‘ and ‘Family Holiday Ground Rules’. The third debt of Christmas is just that, debt. Anytime you have debt … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged Carpe diem, end of summer, family, holiday travel, logic, make today count
8 Comments
Hello, this is nature calling…
As the clouds billow up over the Capitans and the rains prepare to fall in the Pecos Valley I think of the eons of time before computers, cars and cell phones. When we were free to be human…one with our … Continue reading
And there will come soft rains…
As I pause this evening to enjoy a light show from the heavens while I reflect on my week I see how the thunderstorm and life are similar. Soft rain falls everywhere, watering plants, animals and rivers alike. The hope … Continue reading
Posted in This is living!
Tagged a walk in the rain, family, go play, goodness, hope, humanism, peace
Leave a comment