One of my favorite toddler videos was one where they sang this sing-along: It’s a happy, golden day; come along let’s sing and play; Singing makes us feel just great, Sing a song that’s happy and bright… too-do-doo-do… It was a rare occasion that my children were cranky, ornery, or downright obstinate (though Big Guy has always flirted with those … Read More
Gauging Our Happy Meter Wattage
It’s been a bit of a rough week at work, Journeyer… I won’t bemoan the details, but let’s just say I interviewed with another district, only to be told by one of my supervisors that same afternoon that the two school systems have an “unwritten agreement” that they won’t hire one another’s employees… I’m not sure this is even legal … Read More
People Who Need People…
Journeyer, as many of you might have noticed, I missed my first Happy Happens post ever. Though some have been late, I haven’t actually not posted to this weekly column in years… As my long days progressed and the calendar pages flipped by and a few problems at work seemed to balloon, I did what so many of us do … Read More
Home on a Hill
Journeyer, man was it ever a week! This hamster wheel month has reached its peak and I barely had time to breathe last week. Hardly a day passed by that I pulled out of my drive with the sun beginning to rise and returned about the time it set. That said, I managed to hone in on moments that gave … Read More
Homecoming
“Dare to dream, hope, believe, seek, feel, find, and love.” ~Chinese fortune This morning I had one of those mother-child moments that was both extraordinary and ordinary. “I think … Read More
To Everything There is a Season
I sit at my desk this morning wearing sweat pants, a long sleeve shirt, and warm, fuzzy footie socks. Outside my window, colorful leaves rest atop my freshly mowed lawn as a stiff breeze tests the strength of the foliage not yet ready to let go. I pause thinking and typing and go make myself a mug of Constant Comment, … Read More
Happiness Taking Shape
Well, Journeyer, what can I say, the moon is full tonight, I’m back to school, we spent the weekend traveling, and this post is late. All I can do is chuckle. As I type, we are on our way to one of Big Guy’s soccer games an hour from home. So, I’m going to keep this as short and sweet … Read More
Drawing a Line in the Lemonade
It’s Sunday, Journeyer, and this is what I have to say: The wheels on the mini-van go ‘round and ‘round… This time we’re in Virginia for another training seminar that Fave and Warren are doing. I’m the unofficially official videographer for this event and let me just say my son has figured out how to treat his mama right. … Read More
Just Like the Proverbial Shit Happens, Happy Happens
Good morning, Journeyer, This week has been agonizingly long and brutal… I did not write. I accomplished few, if any, of my daily designated tasks or goals. I fought regularly with Warren. I spent the better share of three days trying (unsuccessfully) to unravel an internet connection problem. I experienced several nights of interrupted sleep, which is a rare occasion … Read More
Tough as Woodpecker Lips
Laugh with me, Journeyer! It is 8:29 on this Sunday morning and, for those of you who follow these weekly posts, you know what’s coming… We are on the road, AGAIN… Another nine to ten hours of driving today, this time to take Beauty back to college. As I looked through this week’s photos, the experiences seemed so far away. … Read More