Neo reallly loves following his brother Myles around, much to the dismay of Myles! Here’s what I think goes on in Neo’s head… So I’ve been thinking, don’t you just love hanging out? I think you are the coolest big brother ever and I think we should spend all day together… just like this. Isn’t …
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Packing for Burundi
I can’t say this has been an exceptional week. I was on the phone with Wesley from Cooked in Africa Films and he could pick it up over the phone. “You don’t sound your positive self Ben.” And I haven’t. It’s not so much the sheer mountain of logistics and details to organize, though the …
Home is…
At the risk of sounding vain, I am going to share with you that one of my highest values is aesthetics. Just staring at beautiful things… man made or made by God fills my soul. The mountains, the lakes, the palm trees, the veins of a leaf, the sun light through the trees… and the …
The Stress-O-Meter
Warning: These images have nothing to do with this blog post, except that looking at early morning moments with my boys makes me less stressed. You? Hmmm… doesn’t have the same effect on you? That’s weird. Once I took a crazy spring break trip with four cars worth of college students on their way to …
Expanding.
Last night we signed papers to sell the house. It is a solid offer, and we”ll know within a few days if the whole thing is going through. I know it will, I can feel it. This is it. In eight weeks we will have the family packed and we will be leaving the place …
Shakin’ in my boots.
A guy with a whole lotsa fame to his name, Justin Bonello, looked me in the eyes this week and asked, “Aren’t you scared?” I had to think about it for a minute, and then I said “no.” It shocked me that I said no, I didn’t want to say no, and suddenly I …