Musings at Altitude

Our grandson rushed his way into this world yesterday, a month earlier than expected!  He weighed in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces, and 19 and 1/4 inches long.   I’m not sure I’ve seen such a big smile on my son’s face in a long time! And I’m sure that’s just the first of many, […]

While at 37,000 feet today, I was deep into the music on my iPod.  And just before descent, “Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce began to play. I immediately thought back to 32 years ago this month when I shyly asked a beautiful young lady out on a date.  She was 14 and I […]

I sat on my front porch this morning for my Bible reading and prayer.  It was relatively warm, and I needed only a light golf shirt to feel comfortable.  But all around me were clouds, ominous signs of the winter storm that that is yet to come.  Thankfully, not now.  For now, it’s comfortable.  And […]

I’ve had a pretty intense headache for almost two full days now.  And that seems to happen every time I have intense discussions before a meeting, severe anxiety about that meeting, and then extreme focus during the meeting.  I had one of those meetings today.  For the last month, I’ve been storming (no different than planning), […]

Denise and I sat out on the back deck last night watching the last signs of light slowly sink behind the mountains.  It was a beautiful view, and the exact therapy I needed to replace the tension of the day with the peace of the evening. I’m finding I need those peaceful moments much more […]

Weekends allow reflection, revival, and rejuvenation.  And with this weekend being Easter, it provided an even more special form of spiritual renewal.  And I can’t help but contrast the scene from yesterday morning: with the scene from this morning: Renewal indeed!  Revival indeed!  Rejuvenation indeed! And when I sit and stare at the majestic beauty […]

We woke up this morning to a heavy, very wet, spring snow.  The trees and bushes are struggling to hold up under the burden of such a heavy dusting. And looking down the street, the snow is falling almost like rain, and the tire tracks are rivers of water already flowing to the drains at the […]

We did it!  We celebrated my 14 year old’s 15th birthday tonight, one full month earlier than her real birthday! The 14 year old put the word out “NO PRESENTS”, but she got them anyway, and now her friends are here at the house for a “birthday sleepover”.  Her Mom ordered pizza for them for the […]

While I’m locked up in a day long review session for a major proposal, my 14 year old will be at a crescendo of excitement because today launches her month long celebration of her upcoming 15th birthday.  That’s true – her birthday isn’t till May 11th, and yet, she’s having her sleepover tonight and taking […]

I woke up this morning thinking about the huge anxieties that exist in the lives of my family, friends and co-workers today: loss of income (from both plunging retirement accounts and uncertainty in jobs) change of jobs (because of restructuring or downsizing) family expansion on the horizon relocations intense competition on “must win” programs pending retirements […]