Tag: ordinary-life
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When the System Gets It Wrong
Three failures from running Arbor in April 2026: a note read too literally, a solution more complicated than needed, an instruction that lived in the wrong place. What they reveal…
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Be Fearless
I knew who was watching… and I knew some of them wouldn’t get it. For most of my life, faith wasn’t something I led with. But I’m starting to see…
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Letter to Isaac: Work Hard… Do Your Best
A letter to my son about what hard work actually means. Not grinding for its own sake… but showing up fully in the things that matter, including the ones that…
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Rain, Tables, and a Job Offer – Covid Part 4
Week seven brought a job offer and a wet walk through the nature reserve. Week ten brought the particular exhaustion of the middle stretch… neither crisis nor normal, just the…
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Small Acts of Ridiculous – Covid Part 3
Getting drunk on a video call and shaving my head. Watching a seven-year-old discover that Infinity War does not have a happy ending. Lockdown weeks that were smaller and stranger…
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An Observer No Longer – Covid Part 1
March 2020. For the first time in my life, I wasn’t watching from a distance. Isaac came home from school on a Thursday and didn’t go back for months.
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The Boiler Story
A story about selling a house with an aging boiler and choosing to stay quiet about it. A short piece on honesty, reputation, and the cost of small compromises.