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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My goal in life is to become the kind of person these two think i am.
One grand daughter and two great grandsons, among Grammy’s many fine accomplishments.
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.
Our son has grown about a foot in the past two years.
We began this three holiday morning tradition the year before our son was born.
After the run, a father/son bicycle trip for a Sunday Subway breakfast.
Father and son running for their lives.
Three days ago he had multiple reasons to quit, but he finished anyway.
Photo of our Son, 2004.
Our Son inspires me to not kill bugs. Here’s a spider we caught indoors and released outdoors.
Seeing our son reach 18, here, marked my 18-year bead jar promise.
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.
Parents weren’t invited. i asked school officials if i could grab a quick photo. They said yes. Nice photo bomb, Jackson.
Chapin released about 20 tiny baby spiders into the backyard from our enclosed pool deck.
One of the Keynote Speakers is in the background. Bought two VIP tickets so Chapin could hear Lee Cockerell speak.
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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“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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To die being at peace with who i am and content with what i have.
Memories are the oxygen for self-reflection and self-acceptance.
Is it possible to have too much of a good thing?
Time will tell.
i strive to watch every sunrise and sunset.
While not perfect, my batting average is excellent.
Here’s the thing with “how much is enough?”…
There are too many individual sunrises and sunsets to have specific memories of each one.
And here’s the insight on why this voluminous effort isn’t overdone nor hypocritical…
It’s not the hundreds of annual (out of 730 annually possible) moments. It’s doing one thing to make each morning, and evening, reflective and appreciative.
A simple, intentional habit.
It’s literally just one habit done twice a day over a lifetime.
Making two special times of each day special, sacred, important.
That’s the memory.
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