Yesterday, I got married. Tomorrow, we fly to Macchu Picchu, And then we move to China! I won't be blogging for awhile, at least until I settle down in Shenzhen and start another adventure. I'm excited to write about that next time. In the meantime, you might want to check out the following articles from … Continue reading See You On The Other Side!
How To Make a Marriage Work
I’ve been happily married 11 years, and I’m still as in love with my beautiful wife Eva now as when I first fell for her 13 years ago. That’s not to say we don’t have our problems and arguments, but we’re getting better and better at making it work. I realize there are lots of … Continue reading How To Make a Marriage Work
History
Politics is not something that I am particularly interested in. I have enough interest to read about issues and even to converse about them, but not enough to actually form a strong support for any particular movement. The piecemeal information I get on social networking sites is enough for me. But I take all those … Continue reading History
What If You Don’t Have to Worry About Yourself
Have you ever had people annoy you at work? Or maybe family members whose little habits bothered you? Have you been frustrated by a store clerk or waiter, or maybe another driver? What about frustration with your kid, or spouse? How can we become more tolerant, find calm in the middle of all of these … Continue reading What If You Don’t Have to Worry About Yourself
Change
In less than a month, my life will be full of transitions. I have resigned from the three companies I work for. And then I’m going to get married towards the end of the month. And as if that is not enough, I’m moving to China with my wife. A friend of mine asked me … Continue reading Change
The Our Father of Our Generation
It is the prayer Jesus taught us, as the priest would remind us at mass. It’s Jesus’ answer to the question, “Lord, teach us to pray.” How are we supposed to pray? Is there a particular way? Are some prayers better than others? The answer of Jesus gives us a sense of the heart of … Continue reading The Our Father of Our Generation
Quest
As any literature teacher will tell you, there are several things that make a quest, a quest: a) the person taking the quest b) the place where the person needs to go c) the challenges that keep the person from getting there, and d) what the quester learns in the process. The real journey in … Continue reading Quest
Love Notes
My family leaves little unintentional loves notes for me all over the place. I’m a bit of a neat freak — I like things decluttered and clean. And so when people in my house leave things around (which happens when you have lots of kids, naturally), I catch myself getting a little frustrated. “Why can’t … Continue reading Love Notes
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