Chosen
On November 19th, I was sitting at my desk in my office trying to wrap up some end-of-the-day work, when I got a call on WhatsApp from a name I didn’t recognize. “Spam,” I immediately thought, so I didn’t answer. Three minutes later I received a text message from the same number, and it said, […]
Old
The other day I was having a conversation with somebody who was in their early twenties. We were talking about music, and I mentioned some currently-popular artists, and casually said, “…and it’s funny that I like them so much, because I’m old.” They quickly jumped in with, “no, no! You’re not old! What are you […]
Birthday
Today used to be my birthday. Last year, that changed, and I no longer recognize January 13th as anything other than another day. That’s actually not entirely true. January 13th is a heavy day for me, it’s one day after my daughter, Chloe, died. Ever since that horrible day in 2021, my (now former) birthday […]
Chloe
Today marks one year since my daughter died. Just writing that sentence is devastating. I miss her terribly. This last year feels like the shortest year of my life, as well as the longest. I know that is not possible, and time flows on the way it always does, but I remember it like it […]
Scammers
Today one of our employees got scammed, and they used my name to do it. I’m heartbroken for her, and feel so violated personally even though I had no part of it. Apparently the scam of impersonating “the boss” and asking employees to buy gift cards is a thing. I had not heard of it […]
Tolerance
One of the (many) shortcomings that we humans have is always wanting more. Particularly in an absolute capitalistic society, the desire for more is ever-present, and the finish line never arrives, unless we are very intentional about developing tolerance. I think one of the more common examples of tolerance is alcohol. If you only have […]
JOMO
If you have spent any amount of time online, you have probably seen somebody mention FOMO… Fear Of Missing Out. It’s that terrible, nagging instinct that if you don’t check your Twitter or Instagram, you are going to miss something. Something important. Something big. Something that everybody else already knows about…but why don’t you? You […]
Love
It’s amazing how something as basic as the premise of love can cause so much suffering. I use the term ‘basic’ here as in a base feeling, not as something simple. I think about this a lot particular as it relates to my children; all children, really. As I have grown older, something I took […]
Creation
There is never quite the same gratification after he has lifted his hand from the finished work.
Overexcitability
Are you familiar with the works and theories of Kazimierz Dabrowski? Dabrowski was a Polish psychologist, psychiatrist, and physician, and is most popularly known for his theory of “positive disintegration”, which includes, among other things, the premise of overexcitability, particularly as it relates to gifted children. Overexcitabilities are inborn intensities indicating a heightened ability to […]