So my childhood was not what you’d exactly call “ideal”. Divorce, Mental Illness, Abuse in all its ugly forms were way too prevalent to use “ideal” anywhere near those memories. I can be generous now– after years of therapy and God and Oprah– to say they did the best they …
My blogging has slacked off since I started my day job in July and even more so with my new title (end of September). But this is November 1 and significant in a few ways. And I always liked that 30 Days of Gratitude “thing” that goes around Facebook. But …
I used to have to teach teens seeking success in a job. You have to be all the things that make you uncool at school. You have to make eye contact. You have to sit up straight, lean forward, be interested. You have to speak audibly. You have to act …
Gorgeous Gal’s birthday is today. If you’re keeping track that’s my birthday, Little Sir’s and Gorgeous Gal’s all in August. So it is with completely objectivity that I think August is one of the better months to have a birthday. The best people seem to be born in August. Gorgeous …
Today is Little Sir’s birthday. He’s five. He has been looking forward to 5 since he turned 4. I don’t know what it was about 5, but he could not wait for it to be here. And we did it up big with family and friends and a bounce house …
If you haven’t heard, we’re having a drought here in California. It’s our third dry year. The first year I think we were pretty okay… There are dry years… These things happen…There’s a natural cycle of things… The second year, it was definitely dryer than we hoped, but we were …