Before one of us starts to forget, home

Before one of us starts forgetting, i’d like to start remembering…

  • Our first wondering about ‘what if’.
  • Our first apartments (Stephenson North and Scott-Coman) at Washington State University.
  • Our first Summer (1982) in Florida at Sun Club Apartments.
  • Our first year (Aug 1984-Aug 1985) in Florida, also at Sun Club.
  • Our first ‘starter home’ in Poinciana, with zero furniture.
  • Our first sleeper sofa in Poinciana, our first furniture purchase.
  • Our first Yellow Lab, Luther.
  • Our first hurricane.
  • Our first mortgage.
  • Our first Disney fireworks from our master bathroom.
  • Our first 401k auto-payroll-deduction.
  • Our first fire in our fireplace.
  • Our first year as parents.
  • Our first Honda Van.
  • Our first swimming pool.
  • Our first High School graduation as parents.
  • Our first College graduation(s) as parents: UniSC & Goucher.
  • Our first social security check.

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Merry Christmas 2026, home

Christmas Disney trivia game
Some type of gift-opening game is created and hosted by Cheryl.
Family of four at Christmas tree
Christmas afternoon, 2025.
Two adults by Christmas tree
Christmas Joy.
Card with rainbow and daisies design
Daisies have always been our favorite, especially roadside daisies.
anniversary card
The bottom right corner is my ‘signature’ bicycle image.

Our son’s Christmas Eve and Christmas Day shifts started at 5:00 AM. Waiting for him to return home before our ‘festivities’ allowed Santa’s helpers extra prep time.

That was a blessing.

Today was the most prepared i’ve ever been for Christmas.

Today was the most joy i’ve ever experienced for Christmas.

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Luckiest person on the planet

Woman at the base of the Eiffel Tower
Yesterday. Paris. My Cupid.

The longer, in time, i write, the more my priorities speak to me.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Here’s a radical thought

If you are physically vibrant and insanely in love, what you wear doesn’t matter. At all.

Wear the tee-shirt.

Skip the bra.

Wear your smile.

Wear your eye-contact with your lover.

Ps. You don’t even need to comb your hair.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Dear Son category reprise, home

Disney keynote speaker objectives slide
Have long believed that if it isn’t fun, i’m not doing it.
Apple's Keynote admin screen
Left column, this is the first slide. And, then look at the third slide down.
Apple's Keynote admin screen
By the way, this second slide is a “pre-demonstration” of the first objective in the next slide. Who doesn’t like fireworks over Cinderella Castle? And when was the last time the second slide of a presentation you attended had Disney fireworks?

Been saying this since 2014…

Have fun.

.think .differently

Lean into discomfort.

Note: These are my three keynote speech objectives.

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.