Legacy Code

I had my Imagine meeting this morning. It was our second to the last meeting. Not sure what comes next, but I’m open to possibilities. We are reading the book Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren. I had procrastinated all week and as of noon yesterday, I had not read the second half of the book […]

Center of the Universe

This is a belated entry. It actually took place a couple of weeks ago. I struggle as a parent of a child with a disability. When you parent a child with special needs, you are in somewhat uncharted territory, even more so when your child’s disability is rare. You can’t just run down to Target […]

Ice today

It was a bit icy today in NOVA. Work was delayed by 2 hours because of the storm. Schools were closed. It was really nice to have a slow paced morning. Normally I am out of the hous 45 minutes after waking. I pull into the parking lot of work not knowing how I got […]

Score!

I got a table at our favorite restaurant Clydes for Valentines day. Normally I am not the Hallmark holidays type, but I hate scrambling at the last minute for gifts. Now if I can just find a sitter.

4,999,999

Ethan asked Jenn, “Is President Obama going to open a Mario store in Broadlands?” Somewhat baffeled, Jenn asked him to clarify. “Well he said he was going to create 5 million jobs and we need a Mario store.”

5:45

I left for my polling place early. The middle school where I vote is about 4 blocks away. Upon crossing the intersection, I was greeted with a traffic jam. Headlights were shinning everywhere. I had to park in the nearby elementary school and walk over. The line for voting wrapped around the building. There was […]

Outta the Park

Some days are just better than other. Some days are just great. Today is one of those days. Work was work; but I did have a nice lunch out in the pavilion. After work, I took Ethan to his baseball game. It was a perfect night for baseball. We were on the nice […]

47,414

47,414 sounds like a big number. It is the number of feet from my old house to my new house. It might as well be an infinite number. It is sad really. The town I used to live in was older, but it was very charming. It used to be a community of small single […]

Observing Excellence

My wife started a new job about two months ago. She became the music director at our new church. The first couple of weeks, she was really afraid that she was in over her head. Several nights she came home in tears and cried that she was not the right person for the job. Thankfully, […]

Home?

Ah, the end of another workday and I can drive home. Or can I? It is weird. Whenever I move (and I haven’t in over 10 years), I go through this stage of feeling like I am on perpetual vacation or business travel. I am in a new place, but it is not home. Just […]