Those Walls Closing In? You’re Not Crazy
For all my writing about being positive, I’d be lying if I said I had it together all day, every day.
I Was Lost But Now I’m Found
There are plenty of reasons I haven’t written in this blog in a long time. The easy reasons are that my career has been busy and I’ve been managing a family building on the side. I also decided awhile back that I shouldn’t write unless I had something to say. To be honest, I just …
After “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother” Post, A Dramatic Turnaround
After the December 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, when 20 children and several educators were murdered by 20-year-old shooter Adam Lanza, a distressed mom wrote a blog post called “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother.” The mental distress Lanza reportedly lived with was something Liza Long saw in her own son, Eric Walton. Sunday morning I heard a report on NPR in …
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Using Mental Illness to Get Attention
I came across an interesting article on the AG News site listing 10 traits of someone who uses mental illness to get attention. A couple years ago it would have offended the hell out of me. But knowing myself as I do today, I see a lot of truth in there. Mood music: https://youtu.be/WEus6w9UlG0 People with …
Out of Facebook F**ks to Give
When I look at some of the posts I wrote just a few years ago, I realize how much my outlook on a lot of things has changed, especially when it comes to Facebook. My opinions have evolved through my experiences since writing those posts. People who read those posts should see that a writer’s …
Learning to Deal with the Pressure
Update 6/25/20: When I wrote this, I had no clue about the stresses and curve balls still to come. I aged a lot in the 5 years that followed, but through fire and error, I remain standing. Baseball has never been my thing, but I’m learning to deal with the big curve balls that keep …
When the Worry Machine Takes You to Dark Places
My father and aunt aren’t doing well. Dad is bedridden, a series of strokes and heart attacks having taken their toll. My aunt is in the hospital unable to do anything more than utter a stray word after having her own stroke. And so continues a sick game, where we try guessing how much longer …
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For Parents With Kids Freaked About Winter Storms
With a blizzard in the New England forecast this week and next month’s 37th anniversary of the Blizzard of 1978, I thought this might be of use: Mood music: http://youtu.be/6-WMbP1RcC4 I got a message awhile back from a mom who reads this blog regularly. I’ll keep her anonymous but share some details of the note: “My …
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Do You Even Exercise, Bro?
I used to exercise a lot. In my teens, I’d spend an hour a day on a beat-up rowing machine. In my 20s, I’d hit the gym seven days a week to use the elliptical cross-trainer machines. And in my early 30s, I’d walk 3.5 miles a day, no matter the weather. At some point …
Don’t Sweat That Christmas Pageant Performance, Kid
My kids participated in a Christmas Eve pageant at our church, and a highlight for me was one girl’s performance of the song, “Mary Did You Know.” The young lady’s performance made my neck hairs stand up. I saw her sing it twice: Christmas Eve, and at a rehearsal the night before. During the Christmas Eve …
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