I turned 54 two days ago. My 54th year was not easy. In fact, in all of my years, this past one might have been the most challenging. If year 54 isn’t at the very top of the Hardest Years Of My Life List, it’s in the Top 3. I wouldn’t say I’m sailing in
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A Perfect 18th Birthday
If you’ve been around here since the beginning, you know how I feel about birthday parties for kids. I’m not a fan of over-the-top parties. I wrote some pretty opinionated posts about kid parties back in the day. I still have the same opinion. I like simple birthday parties. Only now I don’t feel the
Senior Year
The end of the school year is no joke for anyone. There are parties and concerts and ceremonies and all the regular end-of-the-year hoopla. Senior year is a whole different story. I was not sufficiently prepared for senior year. Like not even close. There are so many extra things that need to be done. They
Onto the Next Chapter
Last night was Gretchen’s 8th grade moving up ceremony. I don’t want to say what everyone else says about the days going slow and the years going fast. BUT THEY ARE RIGHT. I mean, this is where we were eleven years ago when I first started writing this blog. She was only 3 years old.
Ten Years From Now Your Results Will Be Irrelevant
Do you know who held your high school’s record in the 500 free when you were a senior? Probably not. And unless you’re familiar with competitive swimming, there’s a really good chance you have no idea what the heck a 500 free even is (it’s 500 yards freestyle – 20 lengths of the pool). Do
My AI Photoshoot
A few weeks ago someone I follow on IG posted a bunch of headshots she got from an AI website. You pay $17 and get 100 artificially generated headshots. She only shared about ten of them but several of the pictures looked just like her so I figured I’d give it a try because even