When all the pandemic stuff started ramping up in our country around mid March, I had lost my jobs as a substitute teacher and dog walker (no school and everyone was home to walk their own dogs!), but still had my Instacart job shopping and delivering groceries for folks. The interesting…

I’ve written about this before.  But it’s worth writing about again.  I talk way too much.  While growing up I used to get good grades in all my academic subjects but somehow I would miss the honor roll more often than not because I managed to consistently get a F…

I used to get all worked up. More than I wanted to admit. People in the meetings I attended (in person) would disagree with me. They didn’t do it in a way that was respectful either.  They did it in a way that made me look bad and made them look good.  I…

Zoom meetings!  They are so prevalent now since the pandemic began in our country.  My kids have zoom small group meetings with their youth group. Schools are using Zoom to teach.  We have had regular extended family zoom meetings, at work large and small groups have zoom meetings to transact business,…

It has been an unusual summer break.  Things our family normally would do have either been canceled, limited in scope or disappeared.  It also seems like we have been on “break” from school for 5 months (oh wait, it has been five months!).  I don’t even use the word normal…

How has work been going for you lately? Have you been working more than ever since some people on your team may have been furloughed? Did you get furloughed and now you are back at work? Did you lose your job completely during this time and are now having to look for a…

Our K-8 school system has had a simple mantra the last several years that basically says to Be Kind. It is plastered on all of the walls in all of the schools; it is talked about by school counselors and by the teachers and administrators all throughout the year. This is done…

After spending 2.5 months in self quarantine in Central Florida with my wife’s parents, we are finally back at our home near Nashville TN and are trying to figure out our daily routine and what all this pandemic means in our hometown community. Now that we are back, we are seeing…

I just finished reading and studying the book of Ecclesiastes. The book is basically a lot of wisdom written down by the wisest person that has ever lived on the earth (King Solomon).  As I read it I realized the same theme comes across over and over – fear God (respect…

I miss it. The good ole handshake. The pandemic has changed two of my most favorite methods of greeting people.  First it was the smile (See my post from 2 weeks ago for my feelings on that!).  And now I am restricted from greeting someone with a handshake for fear of passing…