So one Thursday morning you wake up. You have been blessed by some wonderful surprises recently, but still, the stresses of life are weighing you down. Sitting heavy on your shoulders. And you still are worried about Christmas. Trying to come up with creative answers about why Santa will not be bringing this present. Or […]
Archives for December 2013
I’ll take the Ipad, the case, the protection plan, and 25 Xanax, please.
When you do a triathlon, they have these people there called swim angels. They are there for the participants who are nervous about the swim portion of the race. They swim right next to you, and keep you company. They calm you down. They help you. I was thinking about them yesterday. When I was […]
The albums of Christmas past.
One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was this: A Mickey Mouse record player. I loved that thing. In fact, many of my Christmas vacation memories revolved around that record player. Every Christmas, starting around the time I was 10 years old, I would get a new record. And then I would proceed […]
Same family. Different miracle.
We had a recent, unexpected development here over the weekend. While I’ve been trying to reassure myself that it happened for a reason, and that a year from now I will look back on this time and say, Thank God for that, it is still a major curveball. It is going to force us to […]
What’s stopping you? That’s right. Nothing.
How mindful are you? How often have you driven somewhere and had no recollection of the drive? How many times have you walked upstairs to get something and then stood at the top of the stairs wondering what the hell you came upstairs to get in the first place? How many times have you read […]
Sing, choirs of angels.
So if you make a Christmas Bucket List and post it on your blog, you may, as the haters will tell you, just be setting yourself up for disappointment. Or not. Because the day after you post that list, you might receive this message: T saw your post and wants to go caroling with you. […]