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Tag Archives: Kids
Long live the Queen!
In replying to a comment Nan left on my last post I shared a little about the closeness of my side of the family. Let me very clear about this point, my side of the family. Both of my parents … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged brothers, Family, Future, Grandparents, Kids, Mother, Past, Present, Queen, relationships, sisters
4 Comments
What did I miss?
I was going through a weeks worth of Trump’s tweets to see what I missed. The answer? Nothing really. As I noted in my last post, my youngest was in town for a week and her boyfriend flew-in on Thursday. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Politics, Thoughts
Tagged America, Children, Donald Trump, Family, Future, Generations, grand kids, Kids, opinions, Trump, Views
10 Comments
It’s about the bunny dumb ass!
“This is a special year. Our country is doing great. You look at the economy; you look at what’s happening. Nothing is ever easy but we have never had an economy like we have right now. And we’re going to make … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Christian, Donald Trump, Dumb Ass, Easter, Easter Bunny, Easter egg roll, Fox News, Insecure, Kids, President Trump, self-absorbed, Trump
8 Comments
Woken a sleeping giant
“Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying, well then, don’t you think it would have been smart to have a convo with your step-son @DonaldJTrumpJr before he liked a post about a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Alt-Right, conspiracy theories, crisis actors, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Fear, Hate, Kids, Lauren Hogg, Lies, parkland, Republicans, Trump
4 Comments
The best job in the world
27 years ago today I became a father for the first time. I remember it being a crazy day, family and friends coming in and out of the cold and cramped hospital room. Questions, and forms, Nurses, and Doctors and … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Birth, Birthday, Children, Dad, daughter, Daughters, Father, fatherhood, Kids, parenting
9 Comments
Ikea hell
I am a pretty handy guy. Other than rebuilding the transmission of my 1980 Ford F-250 pick-up truck, or performing open heart surgery I can eventually figure out how to build or fix just about anything. Yes, that all sounds … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Beer, Birthday, Children, Daughters, Duck Rabbit Stout, Family, fathers, hell, ikea, jigsaw puzzles, Kids
3 Comments
Learning about love one french fry at a time
I am going to share something with you and you have to PROMISE not to tell my wife, I eat at McDonald’s once or twice a month because I love their french fries. I know, I know, I am always … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts
Tagged Buddha, faithfulness, Family, French Fries, Future, Health, Kids, Love, Marriage, McDonald's, relationships
23 Comments
Characters we meet along the way
When my girls were young and not so health conscious, which means they still enjoyed hot dogs, french fries and drank milk shakes, we ate lunch at a local fast food restaurant almost every Saturday. In my community most, if … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Characters, Children, Family, Food, Kids, Living, Love, memories, Past, sad face
16 Comments
A scream in suburbia
My wife and I have lived in our house for almost twenty years. When we moved on this street we were the young family with kids, while everyone else around us were late middle-aged or retired. So for the 70-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Children, Family, Kids, Middle Age, neighborhood, neighbors, Noise, Peace, screams, suburbia
7 Comments
Sex and Sausage Gravy and Biscuits
I hired a kid many years ago to intern for me. He had just graduated from college with his MBA and wanted to get into my business. I tried to encourage him, as I do with all young people, to … Continue reading
Posted in discover wp, Life, Thoughts, Writing
Tagged Comfort, Family, growing up, Kids, priorities, responsibility, sausage gravy and biscuits, security, sex, Stability
11 Comments