Category Archives: The Daily Omer

December 2025

Today marks the beginning of the last month of the year. 31 days until we hit 2026. Can you wrap your head around it? All the goals you set at the beginning of 2025, how are they looking? My year certainly didn’t look like I expected it to. I’ll expound on that another time. ButContinue reading “December 2025”

Set the Tone in Your Home

The teenagers are arguing back and forth with each other, then arguing back and forth with you. The grade school kids are alternating between fussy / whiny and over-the-top annoying. The toddlers are being demanding and semi-destructive. A lot of parents think, at this point, it’s the kids being crazy. And maybe they are beingContinue reading “Set the Tone in Your Home”

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 2 has to be one of my favorite chapters in the book. It starts out with some massive “if, then” statements. “If, then” statements make logical folks, like myself, happy. Because we can predict the output when we know the input. So, my logical friends, let’s see how this goes. My son, my daughter,Continue reading “Proverbs 2”

Friday Night Fiction (Part 4)

The home was dilapidated. Nothing good happens in a dilapidated home. Everyone knows that. If you can’t take care of the outside, how can you possibly take care of the inside?  If you can’t wipe off the dining room table, how can you possibly eat in peace? Dilapidated. And dark. Dark no matter how much theContinue reading “Friday Night Fiction (Part 4)”

Happy Thanksgiving

Two words. Happy. Let that sit with you. Sit with happiness. Sit in happiness. Then that other word. It’s actually a compound word: Thanks Giving You give thanks. If you’re giving it, it implies you’re giving it to someone. Or Someone. Today, I’m… Giving Thanks for… Happy. What a great day it has been! TheContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”

The Desk As Metaphor

The desk is the mind. Right now, my desk has Nothing surprising, right? Sounds borderline organized and structured. But what if I told you there were 18 random post-its, 3 broken items, a piece of trash, and a coffee mug from this morning. There’s an extra cord not plugged into anything. Surely there’s something deadContinue reading “The Desk As Metaphor”