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Category Archives: family
Why I Went Vegan.
I’m Buddhist and I’ve been trying to decide if I could go Vegan or vegetarian. This debate had been going on in my head for the last ten years, until two weeks ago when my wife and I watched the … Continue reading
Posted in family, Parenting
Tagged animal rights, change, change my mind, diets, documentaries, ethics, food and drink, go vegan, health, human interest, intentional living, mind, my mind, nutrition, the change, the documentary, vegan, vegan cookbook, veganism, vegetarianism
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Losing Family
Losing family reminds us of who we are. I makes us aware of our surroundings. It takes our daily life and throws it into shambles. When we’re close to that person it makes it that much harder to go on … Continue reading
Life, the past and living for now.
We talk about life-like it’s going to be here forever. We walk through day after day with our head in the clouds, ignoring people, things, stuff we need to do while others are suffering. Finding ourselves dealing with things that … Continue reading
Posted in family, Life
Tagged ignoring past mistakes, Life, living life for the now, reconciliation, the past
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How do you define a family?
Our lives are our own. We walk through them a day at a time. Meeting new people, seeing new things. Some of them regardless of blood, we call family. Continue reading
Good dreams, no bad ones
Where does this come from? The title of this post is something I’ve been saying to my son since he was really little. He now says it to me and his mom, sometimes when I leave the house. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad dreams, Being a good parent, Elmo, Kid growth chart percentiles, kids, parenting, rapunzel, sister and brother, Tangled
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Las Vegas Lunar New Year with my kids
Took the kids to the strip today, it’s something I rarely do since I work on the strip and don’t like going there unless a.) there is family in town and I’m playing tour guide or b.) I have to … Continue reading
Posted in family, Parenting
Tagged Asia, Bellagio, conservatory, dragons, Kids photos, las vegas, Lunar New Year, new year, occasions, photography, special holidays, travel, Year of the Dragon
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Army wife, sister and my confidant.
When I think about my childhood there are a few things that stand out. My parents divorce when I was in third grade, staying at my Aunt Cella’s and spending time with my little sister. My little sister has been … Continue reading
Posted in family, Life, writing
Tagged Army Wife, being friends, big brother, confidant, Divorced parents, little sister, mom dad
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Dealing with an ADHD child, and trying to find victory after defeat
The guys who fear becoming fathers don’t understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent. ~Frank Pittman, A while ago … Continue reading
2012 is going to be an interesting year.
Being myself in my writing and everything else is important this year. Continue reading
Posted in books, family, Life, writer, writing
Tagged Being honest with myself, Being in control of life, Buddhism, Moving forward, New Year's Resolutions, writing
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2011: My retrospective and looking to 2012
What I’ve done this year. When I look back at the past year I want to look back at what I’ve accomplished. I finished one book. The book is has vampires in it, and well anyone that has been in … Continue reading
Posted in books, family, Life, writing
Tagged 2011, 2012, New Years eve, personal demons, retrospective blog post, self help, Tricycle
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