Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • May I Have A Winning Lotto Ticket Please?

    Growing up, people around me were often saying, “I wish I’d been more rich instead of good-looking!” As a young person, there were a few where I looked at them…


  • Happy 18th Birthday!

    No post today so I can help celebrate our youngest’s 18th Birthday. My husband and I got all of them over this finish line. May they all take what we’ve…


  • The Long Wait Continues

    On Thursday we were supposed to go on a small mini vacation. Our plan was to go see our grandson for his second birthday. Things had been calming down Covid-wise…


  • One of Those Evenings

    Cancelled musical due to weather. The actors couldn’t make into town in time. Band meeting to discuss upcoming trip. Worried school policy of masks at all times may not be…


  • Fitness Plus

    One of the things I’ve been wanting to buy to sync with my watch has been an Apple TV for the basement. The Fitness Plus app, which I had previewed,…


  • The Talk

    We just finished the talk with our youngest. Not “The Talk,” but The Talk. The Talk is what we have when our kids have gotten close to turning 18. The…


  • Goodbye 2021

    We are coming to the close of yet another year. It always feels like it was just yesterday that the previous year just arrived. How fast 365 days can just…


  • Happy Christmas


  • Happy 16th Anniversary

    No real post today other than to say how blessed and lucky I feel to have the husband I do. Four kids, three dogs, two houses, two years of long-distancing,…


  • Where Are All the Workers?

    Common water cooler conversation nowadays is about how short staffed we are at the moment. I’m sure, in reading the news, this is water cooler conversation everywhere. Where are all…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.