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Eventually we have to return. To reality. To work. To dreams and goals and progress. To the Earth as ashes. There is always a returning to at some point. It’s important to leave sometimes. To learn. To gain clarity. To raise babies. To separate ourselves from the routine and realize what matters and what...

Labor never ends. Even after you’ve given birth. Even after you’ve cleared the lawn of weeds and laid down mulch. Even after you’ve met a deadline. Even after you’re kids are grown up and now you’ve got an empty nest. The work of parenting, earning, supporting, learning, growing, discovering never ends. The labor of...

Stop trying to be clever. Long pause. What would I want to hear right now? This is hard. All of it. Life. Making it work. Dealing with the stress. Constantly looking out for danger. Constantly being exhausted. Constantly being edgy and testy and saying the wrong thing in the wrong tone. Celebrate the moments....

Tonight is one of those nights where I just want to go to bed. Pretend that problems don’t exist for a while and just pass out. But my son won’t sleep. We are all tired. And it’s hard. I wanted to just write something stupid. Just to say I got my post done and...

My goal this year was to post once a day for the entire year. It’s nearly September and I’m on track. I’ve posted 300 times to my blog since I started it nearly three years ago. Sometimes I have something insightful to say. Sometimes I can barely eek out a few sentences. Sometimes I’m...

Just hug em all the time. Kiss them. Love them. They are so damn precious. Or if you have cats or dogs or a person you love. All. The. Time. Never let them guess how you feel. Make them feel it all the time. In good times and in bad. Always....

I’ve spent a lot of the past year worrying about not having enough time. Getting angry that my son won’t sleep because I won’t have any time to spend with my wife, or to write, or to just . . . rest. But I think I’ve been missing something glaring for a while now....

Today I did all the things. I finally planted heather along our fence. I weed whacked. I mopped the hardwood floors. I baked scones with fresh peaches. What a day. My leave is coming to an end soon. I’m both looking forward to going back to work and not. Mostly because I will miss...

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