The walrus knows why

Whatif from the book “A Light in the Attic” (1981) by Shel Silverstein Last night, while I lay thinking here, some Whatifs crawled inside my ear and pranced and partied all night long and sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I’m dumb in school? Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool? Whatif I get beat […]

epic epicness

What a great weekend! My wife ran her first (ever) triathlon today. I can’t speak for her, but for me it was very emotional, just knowing how hard she has worked and how far she has come in a short time. I was a spectator / support person, but I didn’t do very much support, […]

Waking up is hard to do

I couldn’t pick a title for this post. I say this to myself sometimes in the morning (to the tune of Neil Sedaka’s hit) (1962 version). I’ve said it to my kids. It has more than one meaning. “Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.” – Dalai Lama XIV I’ve said before how I feel […]