Recently I bragged that I was going to do this, and fulfill my destiny of becoming rich and famous.  I stand before you today, neither rich, nor famous, and with a slightly bruised and battered ego. Here’s what I learned from my short-lived quest for fame. 10. I was not the only one to get…

I love this season of Graduations. It’s a time of change; bittersweet goodbyes intermingled with the dizzy excitement of new beginnings. Endless possibilities. Memories made. New ones waiting just around the bend. Today, as I sat in my classroom with a young sampling of our country’s future (who were busy building wooden block castles and…

  When I was a child, hell, when I was a teenager, my television viewing was incredibly censored by my overbearing, paranoid, well-meaning parents.  My sister and I weren’t allowed to watch any tv shows or movies that depicted actors kissing, women who wore too much makeup, or unruly farm animals. This left us with…

Have you everbeen absorbedin somethingmundane like laundrypiled high mismatched socksimpatiently awaitingyour undivided attention when something tells youto turn your headbecause Life is Happening and you catch a glimpse of itand your heart begins to flutterand you feel tingly and alive and every part of your beingfrom your toes to your very soulare basking in the glow of…

I’m going to sum up my day with the following: Today I read a story about a baby elephant named “Ellie” to my kindergarten class.“Ellie” loves to eat peanuts, play in the mud, and cuddle with her mommy. “Ellie” weighs less than me. A baby elephant. Weighs less than me. That is all.

So, have you ever had the feeling that you were predestined to be something…..great?  That there was a preordained path for you and all you had to do was go in search of it and it would lead you to your life’s calling? No?  Always knew you were going to be the guy that pumps…

  If you haven’t heard by now, (and you may not have, since I’m not really famous enough yet to be featured on any sort of breaking news type announcement)  I’m the newest addition to an awesome group of bloggers over at OCFamily.com.   When you’re done reading this post, come check me out over there,…