Posts from December 2025

Almost

Almost is a funny word. It’s one of those “glass half full/half empty” things. Almost can mean “oh, it’s almost here….but not yet (pout, pout)” or it can mean “IT’S ALMOST HERE!!! (running around the room in joyous energy). Almost can mean, “oh, you almost got it (the grade, the promotion, the spot on the…

PINK!

Growing up as a little boy, I was culturally conditioned against the color pink. That was for girls. It was not for me. I remember one time my grandmother bought me a pink shirt, and when my parents told me I had to wear it – I felt like they might as well had told…

Christ or mas?

We all piled into the van. We pulled out of the driveway and someone asked if the radio could be turned on. The van is almost always set at 88.1, the Christian music station, partially because it’s just simpler not having to worry about having to explain Sabrina Carpenter’s lyrics to the kids. The radio…