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Scott loved Giraffes almost as much as your mother
Dear Son, last night as you listened to the story, from the moment I read Scott’s email until the moment we came home, I prayed your heart would understand. Didn’t want to hide the truth, and worried you might stumble upon a conversation, or see me weeping.
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jack the Bear and world traveler
Dear Son, I can’t stop writing five separate, daily blogs, not yet.
After four consecutive years, the focus and discipline is gaining some attention.
Only you and I can honest say that it was simply a 100-day challenge. Nothing more, nothing less.
But now, there is no end in sight.
And no ability to skip a day.
And no (current) explanation that will make any sense to anyone.
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what if kids could earn medals and trophies for personal responsibility?
Dear Son, some vacation it turned out to be. Rationalizing that busy Christmas vacation days are necessary to keep Mid Life Celebration moving forward while also playing catchup on household projects left undone earlier in the year.
Great argument for why parents should teach kids organizational skills early, so kids don’t have to spend their adult life making up for decades of distractions (and medications) from the daily grind.
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this is how we rolled, everywhere we went… until it was too difficult
Dear Son, how has any of this been possible? Closing in on Mid Life Celebrations’s four year anniversary. That crazy 100-day promise to leave a trail for you.. remember?
Son, see how far someone can go when they decide to keep going, to not quit.
And see how a crazy idea begins to grow and bloom over time when it is nurtured and believed in?
This month I’m inviting Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It couldn’t be easier to go from this HQ blog to the mental attitude blog , just click -> go to Next Blog
Less than a month before his 12th birthday. Sanibel Island, 2012.
The one thing everybody says about kids.
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Insight: Life’s most important points are the simplest.
Just before his 12th birthday, on our annual summer trip to Sanibel Island, 2012…
Dear Chapin,
I love you.
Dad
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There’s a plan that’s by design, and this meet is one of several progressive milestones…
Sleeping in a dorm closet on the floor was a privilege, because it meant the opportunity to wear…
… to wear this runner’s bib on the shirt above.
How important is a free spirit in a structured world? Dear Son (and Cheryl), of all the people in the world, you know how hard a man with a dream works.
And with 2012 being the greatest Summer ever, you should be noticing tangible change in the free-spirit aura. Thanks again for allowing the trip to Lisle, Illinois yesterday and the day before.
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Disney organized the half and full marathons days in advance.
Dear Son, one of the most tempting things to do in life is to postpone, or even ignore, the need to stay personally organized. Here’s another dirty little secret: the inbox for life’s paperwork never ends.
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.