March 3, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. I helped Max create a plan for a garden he’s designing for a friend. He did the work. I asked the questions.

2. Ruby ate 6 pieces of cinnamon toast while I wasn’t paying attention and waltzed off to a choir concert…

Revisit March 4, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. In the pouring rain this morning, a single squirrel must have found 20 acorns while I was watching, digging each of them up furiously, munching fast, and moving on to the next one. Hard work.

Revisit April 14, 2020

FIVE THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY TODAY:

1. Quarantine lifted for the Soto house. Tomorrow we get back to school!

EDIT: Schools are not open in Texas, or anywhere nearby as far as I can tell. My grandkids are not going back to a school…

Monday, February 10, 2020

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Smooth morning getting Max and Ruby out the door for school. I think something shifted in my head.

2. I discovered that Office Depot will match any price I can show them on-line for an identical…

Revisit December 30, 2019

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Ruby’s indoor soccer team won 3–2. This makes 3 in a row. Yippee!!

2. My internet is up and running. Fast. Yay!

Revisit November 22, 2019

5 things that made me happy today:

1. Still beautiful fall color, especially for Dallas, on this dreary cold and rainy day.

2. A hot drink at Starbucks with a friend and a long visit.

February 7, 2021

Five things that made me happy today:

1. Church was amazing this morning. I know I always say that but today I was blown away. Jean Ann Powers delivered a powerful message about our pastoral care programs that she sources. Amazing. Daniel Kanter’s sermon hit all the right…

May 6, 2020

FIVE THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY TODAY:

1. More chopsticks. Ruby has mostly got the last set of six beats down. Sometimes she does seven.

2. Max is planning a large diorama in his workroom (my back bedroom) to display all the miniature figures he’s busy…

August 8, 2020

FIVE THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY TODAY:

1. Wonderful outing this morning to the Museum of the American Railroad. Hotter than you know what but dozens of old locomotives and train cars. A very knowledgeable guide. Only us and two other men — answers all our weekend outing…

August 1, 2020

FIVE THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY TODAY:

1. Day 2 of the Landmark Forum for Graduates. It has never felt so light to shed some of my hard-working assumptions. Superstitions. Or to see how much work it is to keep up appearances.