What's It All About?


"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates

While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.

You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase." MLK

Monday, March 16, 2026

Happy Birthday B

Happy Birthday My Love


Another year older, another year of surviving lots of changes, of ups and downs, and you’ve gotten through them and stayed yourself through everything. 


When your mother delivered you, I bet she had no idea of the kind of man you’d grow up to be and I think she should really be proud of the man you are.


You have the biggest heart. You really care about the people in your life and want to help them and do things for them and make their lives easier and that is such a wonderful quality. It’s just one of the many reasons I love you as much as I do.


I think your family takes you for granted, but I hope they also appreciate all of the things that you do for them as a brother, an uncle, a son, a nephew and especially as a father. You give so much to everyone and if you hadn’t come into this world, I think we’d all feel like there was something very important missing. I know I would. 


When you think about what it takes to create a human being in the first place - the miracle of life - and then what it takes for a good man to grow up in the family that you grew up with, there’s a lot that could have gone wrong but you came out of it being a good person and that takes a lot of strength and bravery and fearlessness. Just knowing that you want to do the best for the people in your life is one of your many wonderful qualities. 


You deserve every happiness and love and appreciation. 


Human beings aren’t just one-sided beings. When we’re born, we’re a blank slate and growing up, we get to decide who we’re going to be and I love how you’ve grown and changed and evolved as a man, including how you’ve changed throughout the course of our relationship. 


I appreciate how hard you work to make me happy. It’s a gift that I don’t take for granted. I love how you tell me and show me how much you love me and I’ll say it again, I’m so glad you were born because I don’t even want to think about what my life would be like if you weren’t in it. 


Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. 


My birthday wish for you is that you get what you want out of life, experience more contentment and joy than ever before and really know and feel how much you are loved. 


I love you truly, madly, deeply.


Xoxo 💋♥️💕

Noire

Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!

Things I'm grateful for everyday....

- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)

Current Favorite Quotes

“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain

(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)

7-25-07

1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.

Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)

  • 1. No one can bring your life to you
  • 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
  • 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
  • 4. Every choice means giving up something different
  • 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
  • 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
  • 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
  • 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
  • 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them