Today my third oldest child (or conversely my second youngest child) - Cory - turned 23. Holy moly...where did the time go? This year my oldest child will turn...GULP...30!!! I never thought I would be more horrified about someone else's age than my own - but goodness gracious - having a child who is almost [...]
Tag: time
Slushy anyone?
I am in my office today writing this blog over my lunch 15 minutes as my internet at home is not functioning and I am suddenly acutely aware that I may be a bit behind. I base this present conclusion solely on the fact that my calendar is still on the month of January (although [...]
I think I need a time-out…
I am not sure where the semester has gone, but with only four weeks left I am wondering how time managed to fly even those days when I wasn't having have all that much fun. I don't know that I fully understand time. It never seems to cooperate with what I want. When I wish [...]
60 hours…
60 hours. 60 hours - that is the amount of time that has passed since I first learned that the apartment building that my sons lived in was on fire. 60 hours to gain perspective on what has happened and what we should do next. 60 hours to recognize the magnitude of the loss and [...]
Carbert – if only…
I had a realization the other day - my summer "vacation" is two-thirds over. How did this happen? What is this phenomenon wherein the things you love go quickly and the things you do not love so much trudge along as if you are walking through swamp muck? I don't fully get it. Didn't Einstein [...]
Be a gracious recipient…
There are only two weeks left in October and I find myself pondering (once again) at what point time got away from me. Wasn’t it August a few weeks ago? Where does the time go? I am fascinated with the phenomenon of the perception of the passage of time. When you hope time will pass [...]
Abandoning my “ish”…
This past February I went to Ghana to work with their emergency management agency and one of their higher education institutions to begin planning for what will ultimately lead to the first emergency management degree program in the country. It was a phenomenal experience. I’ll share all the details another time though as today I [...]
THE NEW FORTY 