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Monthly Archives: May 2012
GPS
Traffic starts, stops and detours. Project starts, stops and scope creep. Interruptions, realignments and reengaging is demoralizing. Why do I hate these so? How about you, how do you feel about the disturbances in life such as holidays, illness, repairs … Continue reading
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Tagged alignment, family, foes, friends, Global Positioning System, goals, GPS, ice cream, interruption, on-track, planning, priorities, purpose, schedules
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Reach out…
My wife and I attended a wake for the husband of a friend two days ago. The death of a spouse, a father, a brother, and a friend happened suddenly. We really don’t know when, but it comes. Yesterday I … Continue reading
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Tagged call, caring, chat, death, family, friends, help, hope, Memorial Day, reflection, relationships, Sibling, talk
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Never Give Up
Just try…not to cry…watching this guy…reach the sky.
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Freedom to serve…we need only to do it…
Occupy (Inhabit or Subjugate) What if the world was a better place? What if we all had the same income? What if everyone had healthcare? What if there was free education? What if we all protest? I cannot claim to … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchy, attitude, caring, choice, education, equality, freedom, giving, health care, healthcare, income, laws, liberty, mandate, occupy, regulate, rights, service, thinking, understanding
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In God We Trust
A baby boy, God’s gift to Sandy and me. He will be traveling in the air, on land and sea. Hugging him daily ’til he rides out of sight, Knowing someday he may stand to fight. His duty has become … Continue reading
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Tagged boy, Country, daughter, duty, family, freedom, gift, Marine Corps, Marines, motto, Semper Fidelis, son, tears, trust, USMC
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Balance
There never seems to be enough weeks in a day. A friend’s blog post, Over-stimulated, cause me to reflect on the ever constant competition for our time. She shared her happiness of being a mom, wife and young woman. Her … Continue reading
Worry
This morning we had a deluge with thunder and lightning. Posts on Facebook from friends in the area ranged from 4.5 to 10.5 inches of rain over night. It all quieted down about 06:30 and by 08:00 a group of … Continue reading
Distracted
I just finished reading a blog post, “How to Miss a Childhood,” by Hands Free Mama which cuts a little at our “new” connectedness. She addresses how mobile devices provide us so many wondrous distractions that we miss presence. We … Continue reading
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Tagged alarm, behavior, bell, blog, book, care, caring, cell, child, childhood, children, comprimise, conference, conversation, dangerous, death, distracted. attention, driving, family, flight, friends, Hands Free Mama, health, importance, Important, life, marriage, pavlov, phone, siri, spiritual, spirituality, TED, Turkle, worker
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Challenges
What are the great questions of life? Are there answers to them? Are the answers correct? I was listening to a book today. It is an audio book. The title and author are not pertinent to this simple post. I … Continue reading
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Tagged answers, assumption, belief, challenge, perspective, philosophy, principles, questions, test, thoughts, values
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