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Blogging’s hidden blessing, spirit

young son on father's back
Daily, prolific blogging can eventually feel like a monkey on your back. Hopefully it’s Curious George, or Chapin.
woman eating sandwich at town festival
Cheryl eating our signature peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwich. We used our bicycle panniers as our sandwich preparation countertop. On our honeymoon, bicycling through the Puget Sound before biking across Washington State. Blogging allows me the blessing of sharing what i want, when i want, in the way i want. Blogging allows me to do this prolifically too.
young child with a Macbook on lap
Began Blogging In 2nd Grade. Guess who started him on this path.

Dear Son, to me, blogging’s hidden blessing is its love for the writer.

Dear Son, loving yourself first teaches you how to love others.

Dear Son, teaching yourself first teaches you how to teach others.

Dear Son, forgiving yourself first teaches you how to forgive others.

Dear Son, being patient with yourself first teaches you how to be patient with others.

Dear Son, caring for your emotional health first, well, it teaches you how to care for others.

Dear Son, serving yourself first teaches you how to serve others.

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One day it will, spirit

Dining Like Royalty
Our bicycle honeymoon included several days using Ferries to island-hop in Washington’s Puget Sound. A rustic campground dinner. Using a fallen log as our chairs. A stump for a cooking table. Our tent behind us. To get us both in the photo, had to use a self-timer. Camera probably sitting on another stump.

One day it will.

Will what?

One day will come.

And it reminds me of a Garth Brooks song…

If Tomorrow Never Comes (wikipedia’s song summary). By the way, Garth calls this his signature song. It was his first hit single off his 1989 debut album. In 1991, it earned Country Music’s “Single of the Year” honors.

Chapin, on this day, April 11, 2026, if tomorrow never comes, you absolutely need to know this…

This song is one of my all-time favorite love songs. It has guided me since 1989 with a simple mantra to remind me how lucky i am to love and be loved by Mom and You. You can listen to the You Tube “live” version here.

Years ago Garth took his music off all the music streaming platforms. He opted to sell his music directly to listeners. No middle-person. That’s why this one You Tube clip is so special.

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The thing about everything, spirit

Isn’t it time your waiting is over? Yes. i planned to stop working. It’s finally here. Will that make me more patient?

The thing about everything is that everything takes longer than you plan.

Noteworthy, there’s an exception to nearly every rule.

Exceptions are rare.

We plan to be patient, forgiving, faithful.

Easy to plan for it when you haven’t been tested incessantly for decades.

And yes the tests last a lifetime, as far as i can discern from nearly seven decades here.

The goal for peace with who i am and being content with what i have isn’t a deathbed hope. It’s a hope, goal, and reality, daily.

Now.

Today.

Daily.

Until i die, whenever that may be.

It may take longer than i plan.

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Paperwork playoffs, spirit

Super Bowl 48 staff training at Madison Square Garden Theater
Super Bowl 48, 2014, staff training at Madison Square Garden Theater.

Lots of pressure in a final game.

Either victor or victim.

No one remembers who was second.

A paperwork analogy is weird because it’s not obvious to me.

Gonna surrender to my inability to come up with a paperwork final-game analogy.

Feels good to surrender to it and just keep moving.

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If i could, spirit

Few Know Peace & Contentment Better Than These Two
Few know peace & contentment better than these two.

Spirit…

If i could pray well, serve well, and teach well…

Perfect.

So i dedicated, and continue to dedicate, my daily efforts to pray well, serve well, and teach well.

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