They moved in to the neighborhood just a few months after we did….and yet I don’t really know them. I could probably walk from my door to theirs in less than 100 paces, but we never do more than smile and wave. I figure that’s because they are considerably older – a couple clearly retired and enjoying their home and… View Post
Fighting Childhood Hunger
In Southern California, it doesn’t get that cold. But he always wore a coat. And his hair was rarely combed. He carried a reused brown lunch bag with him, crumpled from being gripped by too-tight hands. There wasn’t ever much in that bag. Half a sandwich, maybe. But he never, ever complained. When you are in third grade, you notice… View Post
Talk Live – Learn your Flaws
Joy in the “did not’s”
Sure, it is the little things – those sterling moments etched on your heart…leaving the same mark a Sharpie would on your arm that keep us going, remind us what matters, why we are here and how important it is to relish the journey. But every know and then, those moments shift to the left….like the clouds the small dude… View Post
Talk Live – Vlog Timing
What Matters Most
I had a moment today when I was mad. Quite mad. But then I realized. It doesn’t matter. But this does. Today, Coop and I went exploring. We found rocks. Lots of them. Small and tiny. White and Brown. Speckled and plain. When he said prayers tonight – the only thing he said ‘thank you’ for: ‘going exploring with Mommy’…. View Post
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