Love – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

One day it will, home

mid life celebration, the book — Wrote this book as a life guide for our son in case something bad ever happened to me.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Mind, body, spirit, work, home…

One day it will make perfect sense.

i do not expect to live long enough to see it happen.

But if i do, it may be the greatest fruit of fatherhood.

And if i don’t, it’s still the greatest fruit of fatherhood.

i have faith in you, Son.

Always have.

Always will.

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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.

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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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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