Browsing Facebook (often times I try so hard to not get distracted) there was a good one from Anna Wong of Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide (FEW) that shows a screenshot of a phone screen with a notification that “mom” is calling (the person’s contact name is mom). It went on to say that we need to pick this up – no …

If you want to see how fast life goes by – have kids. Jeez, it has been three years since my daughter Maggie was born! Also get a reminder from my domain registrar as I bought her domain on the day of her birth (yes, I’m a geek!). Been wondering what the best way to document my child’s progress. Documenting …

Quality time with the kids, maybe it isn’t so bad being a dad by yourself with 2 kids! Had a great weekend and wanted to share.

I know I have talked about this before- but it is so true – you really appreciate your parents once you become a parent yourself. Especially since I’m a “single dad” right now – it is overwhelming. Yet at the same time, kids just show you basic, raw human nature. Want food, sleep, entertainment. And just directly showing that they …

We will be….. Witnessing Single Dad Life Again So the wife is off to INDIA (crazy, yes, I know) for a Buddhist retreat this weekend. She flies out on Thursday morning and will be back “sometime next week” (return flight not booked yet). She says I have experience For those who remember – I went to USA without her last …

Seems Must Do It – Buying A Car In Thailand (And Backstory) Been delaying this reality – but seems we must do it – buy a car here in Thailand. Moved out here in mid August last year (2018) and had the goal to get a private driver to take our kids back and forth to school each day as …

Close Call (Daughter Put a Bead Up Her Nose) Just a normal Saturday evening at home. Reading a book to Miles and Maggie when suddenly about halfway through the book Maggie says her nose hurts. She is scratching at it a bit. Trying to figure out and she says (in Chinese) “toy”. I call Wendy over to help. Maggie explains …

The coolest part about being a parent is you get to relive your childhood through your kids (and watch lots of Spiderman cartoons on Youtube!). Today is Children’s Day. Honestly I don’t remember celebrating this when I was a kid, and you might say – every day is “damn children’s day” as a parent. As we are working for the …

So this just happened…. My son is meditating. So the kids are back in school, and of course there is that new stress of going to bed earlier and waking up early for getting ready for school. Wendy saw him a bit stressing out yesterday evening and took him into her meditation room (aka Buddha room). I thought she was …

Today the kids have just gone back to school – winter break is over! Was hard waking them up this morning haha, they have gotten used to later nights and later mornings over the last few weeks on the holidays. They both really enjoy life here a lot. More outdoors and a house with a yard (not the biggest but …

I was just reading something in an old journal from the “2000s” – which doesn’t feel like that long ago. Now we are entering the last year of the “2010s” and soon will enter the “2020s”. For me, the biggest reminder of a new year is how fast we are moving in life. And how life doesn’t wait for us. …

Just a quick Merry Christmas update from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Evening here (morning in USA) hope to do a call with my parents – video via Wechat pretty amazing when you think about it – you can do a free vide call to the other side of the planet. Last night – Christmas Eve – we went to a nearby …

Just updated my Kid’s blogs for the year I’m behind on blogging for my 2 kids – Maggie and Miles. I setup blogs for them as soon as they were born – I should be more active in updating their sites – but at least once a year I write. The weird part is that I am writing on their …