Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
With Superbowl Sunday being this weekend, it seems only appropriate that I have a post inspired by football, especially since I had a post to mark the beginning of the season. Last fall, I saw an ad that has stuck with me. It was thousands of Tom Bradys (the controversial quarterback of the New England… Continue reading Sum of Experiences
Growing up I assumed that how things worked in my family is how every family worked. I had no other frame of reference. As I ventured out in the world, I started to learn how very different families could operate. In my case, both Ma and Barb are the big football fans in the home.… Continue reading Gooberlocks
I spend every November handwriting personalized notes in my holiday cards. By doing a few a day, I am able to easily finish by the day after Thanksgiving, which is when I deliver the whole lot to the postal service. Not so surprisingly, the post office is pretty empty on Black Friday. Each year the… Continue reading Packaging
How can a lifelong football fan not look at the game schedule before signing up for a class? I guess this time happened because I signed up before the season started and who suspects a game on a Thursday night? So instead of watching my team lose their second game in five days, I was… Continue reading New Skill
Shortly after I wrote my post about spending a summer in Arizona, I saw a great prompt on First 50 Words: Stuffy. Once again, my brain went a whole different direction than what was intended. Most people, especially in the midst of summer cold season, probably thought of the physical symptom of a stuffed up nose.… Continue reading Stuffy
My local team is still in the playoffs, so there has been a lot of football being watched at my place. I'm actually watching the commercials, and even remembering what company they were for, because they have been incredibly clever. We are talking Superbowl ad type of quality. There was a great tax preparation ad,… Continue reading Superstitious
My dad doesn't like creating gift lists. He actually would prefer to do just about anything else. In recent years he has dug in his heels. "Dad, what do you want for Christmas?" "I don't need anything." "That's not what I asked." "Give me cash." To me, giving an actual gift has meaning, whereas a… Continue reading Tradition is Born
Grown Up, Now What? 