I worry about people who pin their emotions to weather patterns.
Weather can impact our feelings, but we’re asking for trouble if we let it drive our emotions and outlook to the extreme.
What else is askew if the rain, snow, or sun dictates our mood?
More on this tomorrow…
“And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.”—Rainer Maria Rilke I have always liked milestones. Commemorating the passage of time in our artificial human increments. I believe in work and sport anniversaries. When a friend celebrates an Alcoholics Anonymous milestone, I rejoice with them. Theirs is an accomplishment of greater magnitude…
Some people do things that still astonish me even after I’ve seen them a hundred times. An Olympic gymnast springing far too high into the air and doing what appears far too many flips before touching down. Or the way my wife can type speedily into Excel and the program actually knows what to do…
We love watching people do things well. High level performance of just about any kind is captivating. Doesn’t matter if you know much about what you’re seeing or not. I watched Olympic curling in person. Really, curling. I have no idea what they’re doing, but it was amazing! All that sweeping and sliding. I loved…
It wouldn’t be the same without traffic. It wouldn’t be the same without trains. Dining out with my 3 ½-year-old is also imminently easier, by comparison, than if we were joined by his baby sister. Don’t get me wrong, we both love Emily. But, Jakey and I have certain routines. We sometimes have our fun…
By the time most people read this, my son will be two. I wrote this next part a year ago with the approach of Jakey’s 1st birthday. I never finished it. I felt like it was about time. Rewind your mind one year. Join me… in Spring 2014. _________________________________________ Birthdays. I have never anticipated any…
“Do you remember when he learned to walk?” Heather asked me this tonight in the kitchen long after Jakey was in bed. We’re in a bit of a countdown to the young man’s second birthday and it makes us nostalgic about all the milestones along the way. I recounted his pulling up onto anything that…
