Tip of My Iceberg

Words.  The means of communication.  Tools of expression.  The building blocks of understanding one another.  I have lots of words–I’ve been told I have a knack for filling air space with words.  Words can be useful, encouraging, uplifting, soothing and helpful.  They can also be hurtful, spiteful, hateful, disruptive, accusing and shaming.  Words can build…

Being adult is so very wearing.  Being responsible.  Being appropriate.  Being full of integrity.  Being intentional.  All require choices–good choices.  Which requires thinking and processing and making the decision to do what is right. As a parent, it’s often easy to forget about quiet moments when your intent is to help your children grow up…

I’m not going to lie–I’m not a big fan of Halloween.  Horror isn’t fun.  I have that kind of imagination that remembers the scary stuff way too easily.  And visually.  So the frightening costumes, excessive amounts of blood, cut off heads, dismembered limbs and the like don’t float my boat.  And the fact that the…

Autumn is an insanely beautiful time of the year–in most places other than Florida.  The color doesn’t quite reach down here.  Hurricane season is still going on.  Wind, rain and the need for ongoing lawn mowing is still our reality.  But we haven’t dipped into the really cold temperatures of our northern neighbors either.  And…

I love soccer.  I’m not going to lie–I’m as committed to watching a good soccer game as any sports-addled guy who watches anything played with a ball where someone comes out a winner and sweat is involved.  All six of my kids played the beautiful game.  And now my grandchildren have taken it up.  The…