What do I feel? Hungry. A tinge of tired, but mostly hungry. Hungry for what’s next. Hungry for what’s ahead. Hungry for dinner. And here’s what’s wrong with that… Hungry is a double-edged sword. GOOD HUNGRY Here’s the good hungry: When you’re hungry and you know a meal is coming. It’s Thanksgiving morning, and youContinue reading “Good Hungry, Bad Hungry, and Relationally Hungry”
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Tearing Down the Facades
We aren’t pretending any more. It ain’t pretty. I am dealing with the shitshow that my life has become. I don’t like using that word, but it feels like the most fitting word for the time. Is It Really a Shitshow, Omer? You tell me… For context, I’ve already experienced the basement flood and threatenContinue reading “Tearing Down the Facades”
The Mirror for The Soul
Some years, I have goals. Some years, I have a theme. Some years, I have both. This year, I knew the theme was going to be “the mirror.” What is the Mirror? The mirror, of course, is the place you look at yourself. You see how your hair looks fantastic or looks like a totalContinue reading “The Mirror for The Soul”
Welcome to The Basement of Relationships
Rain and Relationships. Let’s do some foundation work, shall we? Rain The skies poured down for over 24 hours. Heavy rain in the night, steady rain in the morning, still steady into the afternoon. A pipe burst in the heavens, and it just kept coming. We have an old house, lots of history, lots of character.Continue reading “Welcome to The Basement of Relationships”
Confessions of a Workaholic: The Wake-Up Call
When I was working for a fast-growing company a few years back, I was placed in a position of leading a large team. One of the main reasons was because we needed to build out new courses /products and I had the mind of a teacher. I also had a great understanding of the audienceContinue reading “Confessions of a Workaholic: The Wake-Up Call”
Does It Make A Sound?
If I didn’t take a picture of it and post it on social media, did it even happen? The answer is yes. My family and I do dozens of cool things every year that I don’t post on social media. I protest the idea that you have to share your whole life on social mediaContinue reading “Does It Make A Sound?”
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”
46 Reasons You Might Not Like Christmas
Christmas is a complicated time of year for many folks, myself included. For years, I struggled with Christmas. I was a literal Grinch. All kinds of reasons: family complications, food issues, unfulfilled wants, crazy people, religious reasons, money troubles, work reasons, loneliness, loss, and grieving. Some I felt more than others. Some in this list,Continue reading “46 Reasons You Might Not Like Christmas”
When You Fail As A Parent
We all fail as parents at some point. Maybe it’s once a year, maybe it’s once a month, maybe it’s once a week, maybe it’s once a day, maybe it’s a few times a day. I’m writing this post to help empower and enable you. I don’t want you to fail more at parenting; IContinue reading “When You Fail As A Parent”
Dumb Boy Stuff
Parents of teenage boys – what’s the biggest problem these days? The Dumb Boy Stuff List What’s the biggest challenge these days? I’m curious because one of my sons is entering this phase. I know what the challenges were when I was that age. Seems like from 5th grade to freshman year, boys just “do dumbContinue reading “Dumb Boy Stuff”
Parenting Babies
Before you become a parent, you have all kinds of judgments of other parents, don’t you? I did. When I’m a parent… Then you have a kid and all hell breaks loose. You aren’t sleeping because the baby isn’t sleeping. Some days you’re up at 4:32am some days at 7:22am, some days at 9:03am. BedtimeContinue reading “Parenting Babies”
From 24 to 1000
The problem isn’t lack of knowledge; it’s lack of wisdom. We have no problem finding knowledge. We live in the AI Age & Information Age. We can Google anything or use ChatGPT for anything. We can search Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, YouTube, and social media too. In a matter of seconds, we can know anythingContinue reading “From 24 to 1000”