So..I turn 50 this week. I have literally been looking forward to that number since…well, I turned 40. An “age” hasn’t really ever carried the stigma for me that it may for others, I am more interested in the number. I had always said I wanted to live to 100. So if I’m lucky enough to do that, I’m halfway there. The last 10 years of my life have been the most challenging, most liberating, Read more
This is the story of a walking man. This man was known to me first as that…a walking man. You see, he’d walk past my house daily, on the other side of the street. From where I stood I saw a man with a slight smile, and a smooth gait. I would think to myself, there he is again…the walking man. Well, one sunny Denver day, the walking man looked over and saw me in Read more
When I was told that my father had stage four pancreatic cancer in September, I didn’t now what to think. The immediate reaction was somewhat akin to a dizzy spell. I couldn’t quite hear the words. I’m sure that many have had a similarly powerful reaction to such news. For me, the news caused a journey of inward auditing that I was caught very off guard by the feelings of the next two months. My Read more
One of the more regular fears admitted to me by friends that are parents worrying about becoming their parents. I know I have said that out loud to myself on countless occasions. Because as I look back, I judge decisions that were made by my parents during their time, from my own time. How many jokes do you see on Facebook from parents that are of the theme, kids today are too _____, back when Read more
A goal of mine as a parent, is to be able to listen to criticism of my child openly. Too many parents today want to hear all of the good things of their children while quickly defending any negative observations. I have tried to let any of my children’s teachers know that I am much more interested in hearing the areas my child doesn’t excel in so that I can focus on those. It is Read more
So I have son who is about to be twelve. This is my first foray into parenting a twelve year old. He has two brothers that are younger, so I haven’t had to deal with the homone fairy until now. What amazes me is the amount of cliches that keep popping up in my head. Did I really tell my son that we all went through it? It feels like a bad TV drama. The Read more