- Married the love of my life
- Participated in the acquisition of my company and led the merging of three brands
- Had a son, Hudson, who is adorable and a dog baby, Mango, also adorable
- Bought a house and moved to the suburbs right before the pandemic (well-timed)
- I have finished several manuscripts...
- and so much more.
My goal is to share some fun and funny stories as life continues to go on. Maybe I'll have some sporadic wisdom, maybe not. Who knows.
I always wanted a basketball hoop in my driveway and for Father's Day (my first one as a father) and for my birthday the entire family went in on a hoop that only took four hours to put together. It means more to me than most probably realize as my childhood hoop was where many things in my life were sorted out and memories were made. Regardless of the temperature, my brother and I would spend hours shooting hoops, and even though he never beat me one-on-one, he gave me the challenge to keep myself agile and on my game.
Now that I have the hoop, I've gone out just to shoot and stretch my old, worn-out body and have found just how unagile and not on my game I have become. My jump shot is there. Always, but jumping, dribbling, running are all different. At 35, I am quickly realizing my limitations and reflecting on the health decisions I've made over the years. Shooting hoops is just a simple action repeated over and over again allowing my mind to wander. After sitting in the Writing Day Workshop Online over the past couple of days, I was inspired to find ways to spark creativity more often.
I would recommend anyone with a driveway to have a hoop. You don't need to be good at basketball (take my brother for example) to enjoy it and it may help deal with being stuck indoors or with life changes that keep happening. I can't do Yoga, or at least I don't think I can, so this is my outlet.
