I sat alone watching day give way to night in the Black Hills. I was reminded how great life can be when things come together.

If I had the ability to pause time on Friday, I would have. I would have enjoy to bask in a moment and enjoy the life I have with the people I'm lucky enough to have it with.

Life felt different when my parents uttered the phase, be home when the street light comes on. We are losing that, and I get why, but we might need to figure out how to reinvent that feeling for the next generation.

It's a delicate balancing act how and whom we spend our time with. It's constant math equation everyone struggles with, and I wish everyone the best in figuring how to spent their time wisely. It's the best way to move through life taking as little as granted as possible.

We all need to connect, yet we all connect over differnt things. Instead of thinking one way of connecting it better than the other, we should learn to embrace different forms of healthy connection!

At an event center around a food I do not like, I remember how in life we can look for good in life and not defualt to always complaining about what doesn't work.

On my 42nd birthday, I ponder a conversation I had when i was 24 year young. It's important to remember to stay in the thick of things.

Remembering and taking credit for our hard work to get where we are is essential. We often dismiss it as luck, the right place or correct time, or giving credit to others. In reality, we had help from our support, and we also worked hard.