I spent the weekend at a swim meet on Long Island with my 10 and 12-year-old. It’s nice to be back at swim meets. It’s nice to see the kids having fun on deck with their friends. It’s nice to be able to sit in the stands and actually see your kids swim in person. […]
Lessons I've Learned
I Choose to see the Opportunities
The kids went to their father’s house today at noon. They are with him for the whole weekend. I had a Facebook live to do for E-School, and then I was going to just chill out for a little bit. It was a cold and rainy morning here in CT, so it was the perfect […]
The Girl At The End Of The Road
Every day there is a girl sitting on the big rock at the end of the road. She waits for one of her siblings to get off the bus. I think she’s high school aged. The first time I saw her sitting there I waved at her as I turned down the road. The girl […]
The Experience Jar
The last blog post I wrote was on July 13th. It was also the only blog post I wrote in July. That’s a new LBPWIAM record for me. Least Blog Posts Written In A Month. I seriously underestimated the degree to which July was going to kick my ass. IT SERIOUSLY KICKED MY ASS. July […]
Writing A New Story
I went to the beach on Sunday. It was 88° and the perfect day for it here in Connecticut. Two years ago I never would have done this. Because while I was at the beach, three of my kids were swimming in a swim meet. And due to Covid there were no spectators allowed. The […]
Stop Obsessing Over Shit You Can’t Control
Five years ago I had very little control over my brain. Actually, I didn’t really start getting a good grip on my brain until maybe two years ago. I’ve done a tremendous amount of work on managing my mind in the last couple years. I still have work to do, but I no longer lose […]