Tag: Death

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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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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Let’s make “SYDK” a category, spirit

screen shot of a blog's categories list
Glacier runs third on the other websites too.

Dear Son, you don’t know this but i’ve been telling mom, years before you first heard it, “No great idea starts out great. You need ‘dumb’ ideas to get (the thought-party) started.”

As you can see in the photo above “Dear Son is the second highest used category with 500 posts.

“Quotes” is tops with 807 posts.

There isn’t a close third.

Who knew?

Not me.

Not until five minutes ago.

Signed, March 28, 2026.

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Shit you didn’t know, spirit

child with puppy
My goal in life is to become the kind of person these two think i am.
family of three in swimming pool
One grand daughter and two great grandsons, among Grammy’s many fine accomplishments.
Celebration of life for Scott Patrick Milligan
Dear Son, the flower and seed pod came from your yard, the seeds are the healing gift. Photo: At a Disney Institute colleague’s funeral.
Mother and Son on Disney Dream Cruise Ship
Our son has grown about a foot in the past two years.
Noel family volunteering Thanksgiving Day
We began this three holiday morning tradition the year before our son was born.
Subway breakfast
After the run, a father/son bicycle trip for a Sunday Subway breakfast.
Runner's shadows
Father and son running for their lives.
10 grade XC runner
Three days ago he had multiple reasons to quit, but he finished anyway.
child with butterfly net
Photo of our Son, 2004.
Catching a spider indoors
Our Son inspires me to not kill bugs. Here’s a spider we caught indoors and released outdoors.
18th birthday
Seeing our son reach 18, here, marked my 18-year bead jar promise.
High School Seniors
While i missed being there Saturday night as our Son and his friends had dinner at our home, i remain content for being at all the other dinners they’ve shared at our place. After dinner, they went to Universal Studios for Grad Night.
High school father and son
Parents weren’t invited. i asked school officials if i could grab a quick photo. They said yes. Nice photo bomb, Jackson.
tiny baby spider
Chapin released about 20 tiny baby spiders into the backyard from our enclosed pool deck.
Give Kids The World event with Lee Cockerell
One of the Keynote Speakers is in the background. Bought two VIP tickets so Chapin could hear Lee Cockerell speak.
Disney's Castaway Cay
After lunch, Chapin returned to the ship.

Dear Son,

Shit you didn’t know…

How could you?

You were just a kid.

What you didn’t know is…

How being your dad inspired and guided everything i did (and why i did it)…

Mom is Catholic.

i was Lutheran.

Told your mom, “You’re more Catholic than i am Lutheran and i don’t think God cares, so i’ll turn Catholic.”

i began RCIA (Rite of Catholic Initiation of Adults) shortly before you were born.

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Sell me on how, spirit

Disney keynote speaker website list
“Themed” gratitude. To teach is to learn twice. Started teaching at Disney Institute, and became a father the same year. The mixture transformed everything i believed in and practiced.

Sell me on how you live in daily, constant gratitude.

Note to self…

Preach the Gospel every day. If necessary, use words.

We judge ourselves on our intentions, others judge us on our behaviors.

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