Speaking truth, the written word & some sarcasm. Not available in stores…
I am so proud of my daughter Shelby. Today her band finished 1/4 of 1 point from making the Indiana State Band Finals with their “Oriental Impressions” show. She called me crying because she wanted to go to state. She thought I would think that she failed. You are so wrong my dear. I was […]
Sometimes I would just go round and round, waiting for the right time to distract her from the story that she had been telling me about her work or the trip to New York that she was taking when it would happen. She would realize where we were and immediately tell me what I knew all along.
“Do you know where the hell you are?”
My normal response was, “I was just enjoying talking to you, and we really didn’t have a set plan so I thought we’d take a drive.”
Most days, she would nod her head and immediately went back to her story and I would go back to just driving.
But today she wasn’t having it.
Actions that were made because of greed and because a board member didn’t want to share the publicity of an event with a radio group saddened me when the event ended but it brought up a story my dad told me when we lived in New York.
He was chopping wood, doing what he called to my mother, “Life’s Work” , and I asked him why he chopped the wood rather than have somebody else do it for him.
“Easy Sean, I know the value that I have in my own work. Never let another person tell you what your value is. If they don’t truly value your effort, then you will never be seen in their eyes as valuable. You are valuable. I love you.”
It may not always go my way, I might not understand the road I’m on, but I have to thank everyone who encourages me on the trip. I’m 13 days away from starting an emotional roller coaster that drains every ounce of energy in my body. I haven’t secret tricks to play, I have nothing […]
I am an encourager. I spend my time and energies trying to be positive, sending good vibes out into the world. I will tease but never intentionally be negative because negative words never encourage nor ever achieve the goal that were intended by them. This weekend I had two people that I know,try to convince […]