Nothing in this world brings me more joy than being a father. I cherish the fact that I am the father of two amazing sons. Fatherhood, on its face, can be the most significant undertaking…
Cut the Cord
This was one of my 23 intentions that I kind of started working on at the end of ’22, the goal was to get rid of cable, something I never thought I’d do! As of…
Guns and Babies
It should hit home with this one statistic – the leading cause of death for children 1-19 in America is gun violence. I don’t remember writing about mass shootings before and I don’t want to…
Daddy’s Jacket
This morning I put on daddy’s jacket. I forgot I had it. I forgot I needed it. The reflection in the mirror and in my mind caused a tidal wave of emotions, seeing him/me in…
Reparations?
You’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, run amok! Every time I hear about Evanston Reparations that exactly how I feel, there I said it! Until yesterday, I only vocalized my direct opposition to my close circle but…
Speak Spanish
Speak Spanish to Spanish speakers, I have been using Duolingo and currently on a 191-day streak of consecutive learning. I can now read and most sentences and paragraphs and use context to figure out words…
Write more
Writing is like any skill you want to improve on, you have to practice and put in the work to be good at it. I was very excited about one of the gifts I got…
2023 Intentions
In 2023 my mantra is “Thoughts become Things”, I mentioned that I was hesitant to post my list of Intentions and although I’m still struggling with it I think I’ll post them periodically with insight…
2023
I’ve done resolutions and think for the most part, if it was a statistic like baseball batting average, I’d be somewhere in the .450 – .500 range. If it was baseball, I’d be in the…
Baby Seals
This was an old post from 10 years ago that I forgot about… Food for thought – If we were talking about baby seals certain segments of the community would be in an uproar, there…