Tag: relationship
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What Can Stand The Test Of Time?
A break. A chance to pause before..well, before it all begins again. John needed to do a site inspection for a future conference. I could go with him–all the way to Jacksonville, Florida. So it wasn’t exotic or out-of-the-ordinary. But it was the two of us. And I was grateful. We talked to wonderful…
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Could You Please Say That Again? Differently?
In a perfect world–well, in my perfect world–people would always understand each other. No matter what language is used. I’m a mono-lingual American. One of those. I want to understand what others are saying. Or what emotion they choose to do it in. (Can you imagine emoticons popping from our mouths like so much spit?)…
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Is There A Hill Worth Dying On?
I’ve become part of the circle of life. I’m not lifting my kids on a rock in the savannah. None of us is becoming food for fearsome beasts. But I’m doing what I did twenty-odd years ago with my own children. Soccer. I had the privilege of taking my oldest grandson, Ethan, to his practice…
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I Want It That Way
Isley stood at the closet door, looking up and down the stack of games. She wanted to play, and she had something specific in mind. She pointed to Chutes and Ladders, a very well-played game missing the spinner, and had me drag it out. When I put it on the floor, she opened it and…
Tip of My Iceberg 