By nature, I’m a planner. As a highly-pronounced ENTJ, I naturally am good at thinking ahead and coming up with contingency plans. But, that makes me a worrier, who has a great deal of problems letting go. I have to work every day to learn how to relax. Recently, one of my children was dealing with
Category: Family life
Hasan Minhaj’s ‘First World Problems’
As an immigrant, I straddle two worlds. So does Hasan Minhaj, a comedian on The Daily Show. His funny take on that reality is particularly meaningful. I heard about him in the Invisibilia’s podcast, “Frame of Reference.” He and the podcast’s co-host, whose parents survived the Holocaust, talk about the disconnect that can happen between
Father-Daughter Fishing
I am starting this blog post at a river. I am admiring one of my children deftly handle a fly rod and land fish after fish. Here is my view. We are up at the northern tip of New Hampshire, close to Canada, for the July 4th weekend. It is my annual fishing pilgrimage to
The Family Meeting
I emailed the family and suggested a Family Meeting during Saturday Dinner. I wanted to talk about our family’s energy level. We encourage each member of our family to call a meeting when he/she feels there’s an issue that the whole family should discuss. We haven’t called one in a while. But, after our very
Spain
We were in Spain and have just returned home. It was a fun week-long bicycling trip in the Pyrenees and the coastal section of northeastern Spain. We went with Backroads and had some incredible trip leaders and met some extremely interesting families. Also, the locals were very friendly and the scenery was breathtaking. There’s nothing
Memories
It’s been an intense seven days. Went to the high school graduation of our oldest child. I felt a great deal of pride and sadness. I was expecting the former and was surprised by the latter. I had some work meetings that were very fulfilling. Had one that was insanely stressful, but am glad that everything seems to be