Today, I had to say goodbye to Spot. He was such a fun bedtime friend to my children. I was hoping to introduce him to my grandchildren. He didn’t make it through Phase III of the flood – letting go of the unsalvageable (yes, that is mold) (see Phase I, Phase II for more details on the flood). Do they still sell Spot books? …
When Phase I of the flood – save what you can see – was over, we entered Phase II – save what you can’t see. Using sophisticated infrared cameras it was determined that there is quite a bit of water in my plaster walls. Water can destroy plaster walls and fuel an outbreak of mold, yikes! So the baseboards came off and the battle began. My house needed life saving air, kind of like mouth to mouth for…
On a clear, sunny day for one brief hour, a bizarre, windy storm hit Tampa. In that one hour my roof was exposed to the sky – shingles and paper off, just the skeleton of wood. My dry, 90 year old house received the drenching like a 100% pima cotton towel – soaking it up into every crevice and passing the excess on so that it permeated our two story house and landed in victorious puddles on my wood floors.…
In April Walter Bruening, the world’s oldest man, died at the age of 114. Having seen an entire century unfold he had a lot of wise advice to share. His last piece of advice is the hardest to swallow but the greatest in importance. From Walter: “We’re all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you’re born to die.” I am not even half of Walter’s age but this is a lesson…
So many kids and people take what they have for granted – health, talent, opportunities. And because they don’t see what they have they don’t challenge themselves to dream that big dream, formulate a vision for their lives that is intimidating to them but not impossible. Watch this and dream big, show it to your child and tell them to dream big.…
“Heroes can impact a person’s life greatly. My hero is my mom. I greatly admire her because she helps me in many ways. A hero doesn’t have to be someone famous. It can be an average person or even below average. It is just someone that you look up to and want to be like in some ways. My hero is my mom because she wants me to succeed and will push me in different ways to get me there…