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I subscribe to Spotify. A long time ago I realized I was spending more than $9.99 a month to download music and would save a metric ton of money if I just paid a monthly fee instead. As with any other music platform/app these days you can create your own playlists. I have many. TheyContinue reading “Forwards and Backwards”

I realized the other day that if heaven had visiting hours I would be in a real predicament. I realized this because there is a song literally called Visiting Hours by Ed Sheeran and it played randomly from my playlist on two separate occasions within a couple days of each other. I don’t believe inContinue reading “Visiting Hours”

Very few people know what I am about to share. It will remain that way unless you have chosen to read this. Not because it is a secret or that I purposely kept it one, but because I didn’t know what to do with the information and needed to spend a very long time processingContinue reading “The Amethyst Tree”

If you read the title and thought this was going to be a reference to Talladega Nights, sorry to disappoint. It has nothing to do with Ricky Bobby. Open up your social medias these past couple weeks and you are probably finding it full of back to school photos. They are awesome, not going toContinue reading “Firsts and Lasts”

I will never again be able to look at the week of St. Patrick’s Day the way I looked at it prior to March of 2020. My love of the day and everything about it ran very deep. It truly was my favorite holiday. March 14th, which to the rest of the world will foreverContinue reading “Those 12 Days”

I am not a fan of resolutions. The last time I made one was in the early 2000’s. I had just moved back to Illinois, back in to my parents home to help take care of my Mom. I resolved to learn how to speak Italian. I bought all of the CD’s and set outContinue reading “Intentions and Enlightenment”

When I was 8 years old I was able to write Santa a letter. I am sure I wrote him many times over the years, but for some reason this one got published. I cannot be for sure where it got printed, but my Sister found it many years back when going through some ofContinue reading “Letter to Heaven”

Last weekend I drove to Des Moines with my Sister and my Mom’s sisters to visit my niece for the day/night. It was an incredibly quick trip but did the heart good. We had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs…and ate a lot. Before I left, I told my wife that IContinue reading “Honoring Christmas”

September is not my favorite month. There are many reasons why but one September day 8 years ago my father did not wake up. It was one of the most beautiful days I can remember. The sky was the most brilliant blue and it was warm but not too warm and there was a lightContinue reading “How beautiful it is to let things go”

A year ago this coming October we went to visit my brother who had recently moved to North Carolina. It was suggested we go hiking to see a waterfall. His wife loves them, the kids were on board, Kristina was ecstatic. She loves to be outside moving period. In whatever direction…up down and all around.Continue reading ““Liking””