Day 6 Season of the Long Nights and Banquets All day feeling like an empty shell after a long grueling night. When kids cough all night, parents don’t sleep. You would think that after 21 years of parenting, that sick nights can’t throw us any more. Not true. Last night Jiornee was up most of…
Category: 40 Days to 40
Faith For The Little Things – Day 5
Two days ago, I lost a very small pill in my apartment. As I tried to take the pill, it fell out of my mouth (don’t ask how that happened) and hit the floor. Because I heard it hit the floor, I figured it had fallen somewhere near and I could just reach down and…
The Spirit Of The Let Go – Day 4
Moving is not the problem, it’s leaving things behind I feel like if I walk away, these things I’ll never find It’s starting to become a burden, a fear in its own right One that wants to keep me up tossing and turning all night What if I throw away something important, something I’ll need…
Step Praise
Day 4 Have you ever been so wrapped up in the destination that you forget to notice the way in which you got there? Went right up the steps on your way to the stage and paid no attention to the steps as you climbed over them? Interesting is that for most of our lives,…
Chiming In – 3 for 3
Just pretend that this single post is not really one single post, but rewind to 3 days ago… read the first one, pause, fast forward to Day 2, and then pause again and fast forward to Day 3. There. Day 1 One week from today a new journey will begin For today a chapter of…
Stiff Neck and Moist Heat
Day 3 to 40 “Apply moist heat,” says my ortho surgeon referring to my stiff neck. I’ve struggled with neck pain and lack of motion for about the last year. After many tests and now, finally, results, the doctors determine no surgery is needed but physical therapy and moist heat need to be applied to…
The Wonder Years
The first 10 years. It is interesting to try to isolate those years. For most of us, there may be a couple vivid memories. But for the most part it is a blur or just a vibe of sorts. Crib Vibes Really crazy is a memory of being in a crib, probably between 1-2 years…
40 Days to 40!!
DAY 1 Today is officially 40 days till I turn 40! Goal over the next 40 days: WRITE. PERIOD. Prime the pump. Work my creative muscle. Should this muscle actually exist. Either way, we are going to allow the juices to flow. Hear the keys. Stare at the screen and silence the voices in my…
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