Peace – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Grammy always said

Small apartment packed with packing boxes — Furnished apartment was full of furniture (of course), boxes, and an army of night-time roaches.

Shirtless man in a small apartment kitchen — Me spraying for roaches. Hopefully the baseboard, bathroom, bedroom, and kitchen spraying will help. It didn’t.

Two-story old apartment building — Lower, corner unit next to a busy cut-through road.

Four people standing outside a building — Cheryl’s Grammy and her cousin Michael paid us a visit shortly after we arrived. i think Cheryl’s parents sent Grammy to make sure Cheryl was ok and wasn’t in over her head with someone like me. lol

Two people posing at Epcot in front of a fountain and spaceship earth — Grammy and me at Epcot, September 1984. This was before selfies were invented. Someone actually held your camera and stepped back, then took the picture.

Cheryl’s Grammy always said, “Health is wealth.”

This is not an exaggeration, Grammy may be the most remarkable human being i have ever known. She lived to be almost 94 and she died in my arms.

Note: Cheryl and i flew home September 1989. i was in our best man’s wedding party and we stayed at Cheryl’s place until the wedding 60 miles away. Grammy passed before the wedding and we were conflicted about still attending Cort and Katie’s marriage. The answer was easy, Grammy would want us to go. So we did.

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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.

2026 forecast for goodbyes

Forecasted goodbyes for 2026:

Goodbye to work

Note: Following goodbyes, there are planned ‘hellos’.

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Toxic is deadly

Final photo last night. Taken as a backup to the tube of ant ‘poison’. Family knows the visible tube is a warning to be careful. The toxic gel is clear. Even with the bait tube as a marker, it’s difficult to know exactly where it is. Hence this photo.

Toxic is deadly.

Hard stop.

Note: Most people never notice.

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All i want for Christmas

mother and son next to Christmas tree — December 25, 2025. Today.

All i want for Christmas is what any parent wants for their Family.

Note: Yes, well aware this publishes long after Dec. 25, 2024. August 15, 2025 to be exact.

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To each their own, home

Man in a baseball cap standing in front of three ski jumps — Finland, 2009. These are so much higher than they look in this photo.

Prioritize what you want to prioritize.

To each their own.

Don’t worry about what others think about your priorities.

They don’t worry about what you think of theirs.

People care less than we think they do. We can even go as far as saying they spend zero time worrying about how you run your life.

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