My UPS Christmas Story

You may not know this, but I worked for UPS from 2004 to 2012. I started as an inbound customer service agent, promoted up through the ranks, and eventually ended up helping manage the customer side of their social media. I also handled calls and letters for the CEO and management committee.  As you can…CONTINUE READING
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The Power of Saying Thank You

Instead of writing a long, emotional list of all the thinks in this world I am thankful for, instead I’d like to share with you why just the act of being thankful is so transformative and important.  First, watch this video by Soul Pancake – all seven minutes and fourteen seconds. It is worth it.…CONTINUE READING
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Ask Your Dad’s 100th Post

This is my 100th post. I’m not sure what that means. I don’t get an award for it, nor should I. It is kind of an arbitrary number, but since I didn’t write about my one year blogiversary, mainly because the word “blogiversary” makes me throw up in my soul a little bit every time…CONTINUE READING
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A Prayer for My Son

First, Lord: bend the brim of his ball caps and remove the stickers. Or, please, at least allow that silly trend to have passed by the time he can afford his own hats. Let him sleep under a blanket of comic books with the light on, because he fell asleep reading. Drop the right books...CONTINUE READING
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Breastfeeding is Really Hard

by Mom (Stevie) This post has been a long time coming. When we had Captain, John said “You should write a post about breastfeeding”. And I said “You’re right, I should.” When I was having a hard time with it, I said “Maybe I could write a blog post about the difficulties I’m having. I’m...CONTINUE READING
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