Be Still My S(e)oul! What's that you said?Really? That's great!!He can be off to SeoulWAY TO GO!!! Oh wait!It's too lateHe's not readyNot yet My badMy faultI didn't know this year he couldHave a chance to travel with his school group No one told usNo one prepared usHow can this be?My son unfortunately is not … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #183
In the blink of an eye, a third of this not-so-new year of 2024 has come and gone. How has it been for you so far? For me, one of the biggest highlights was recording things to be grateful for. Back in 2021, I faithfully recorded things my family and I were grateful for every … Continue reading Four months of gratitude & delights. And counting
Strength From Within Torn by competing demandsHow I wish I had a chanceEnter into a dream-like tranceForgetting my present circumstance We need respite care for mom againYou need to send our son for extra tuition againThe schedules are filling up fast againWill these demands please spare me once again?! But...no. This thing blocking my peace … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #182
Since the start of this year, I've increasingly found myself rethinking about the meaning of community. I think it began when I downloaded a Kindle version of David Brooks' latest book How To Know A Person: The Art Of Seeing Others Deeply And Being Deeply Seen (2023), in which he mentioned community and someone by … Continue reading One Dad’s Musings About The Power of Community
My Son Won't Talk To Me I know he's strugglingI'm struggling with him tooThere's much he's keeping from meAnd making me real blue It's hard I know at his ageTo admit he is having troubleI was there once upon a timeLiving inside my own tiny bubble Afraid to speak up For fear of embarrassmentTrying to … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #181
The first 19 days of this month have seen many a "first" for me in terms of writing and speaking engagements. 1. Old Blog Posts Repurposed First, ideas from a couple of my old blog posts piqued the interest of an established Christian platform -- Our Daily Bread -- to the extent they wanted to … Continue reading My Busy Month of Speaking & Writing Engagements
The Psalms, King David & HIM! As a frenetic season arrives todayAll huffing and puffing like a grizzly bearI pause and ask where my help comes fromAnd the answer came - My God who cares! King David too knew a thing or twoAbout times of despair and strifeHe wrote many entreaties unto His GodAsking Him … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #180
Of late I'm coming to terms with a truism that no doubt many parents of teens like me can't avoid. Arranging family outings with teens is a lot harder than with younger kids. When my kids were younger (under 12) they would go wherever my wife and I go, with barely any questions asked or … Continue reading Family Outings Can Be Harder With Teens
Sway Those jam-and-hop daysSo ingrained in my veinsEven from a mile awaySpeakers boom my body Sways I miss my undergrad nights I cannot lieThose carefree moments I recall, oh how I fly swiftly back when I hear the drums da dum da dumThe synthesizers the guitars the adrenaline on display There was a time I … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #179
I recently started teaching a short, informal online course to two friends on the art of structuring and writing a memoir. (These friends are fellow writers I got to know last year when we attended a Creative Non-fiction writing course together) Now in case you start searching online for my course, don't. Because you won't … Continue reading How Teaching Writing Helps My Writing & Lets Me Pay It Forward
