When people find out I’m an only child, they often ask me how it was growing up. Well, I don’t know any other life, and I had a very happy childhood. So I’d say it was great!
Who’s a better writer? Tim or Olive?
Olive and I are competitive.
Sometimes competition can be healthy, as a way of pushing the other to be better. Sometimes competition can get unhealthy, like the time I introduced Olive to the game of RISK during our anniversary trip… the game ended in tears.
My Love-Hate Relationship with Family Vacations
Ah, summer.
Sunny days.
Ice-cream.
Beaches.
Flip-flops.
Sunglasses.
When a Friend Passes away [A tribute to Kevin Huang]
My friend Kevin Huang passed away yesterday from a heart attack, 3 weeks before his 32nd birthday. He had just celebrated his 1 year anniversary with his wife a few months ago.
When I found out I was shocked.
What I Learned: From my Summer Father
“What I Learned” is a guest post series of readers telling their personal stories about lessons they have learned about relationships in hopes of helping us all grow and cherish the relationships that matter the most to us. If you would like to submit a story for this series, click here. This guest post is by Paul Sohn.
fa·ther [fah-ther]
1. [noun] a role model who gives the gifts of guidance and wisdom while learning how to stretch his ability to love beyond what he knew was possible.
Taking a Sabbatical to Focus your Career and Calling
[This is a preview of a guest post I wrote for Paul Sohn’s blog, Salt + Light. Paul writes to equip readers with edifying, stimulating, biblical, and robust ideas and perspectives on people, change, leadership, and the Christian life on his blog.]
If you’re a young professional, taking a Sabbatical is a crucial part of growing your career and focusing your calling in life. What is a Sabbatical? It is an extended rest from work, or a hiatus, in order to achieve something.
Three Words I Deleted from my Vocabulary
In my Olive-dictionary, there are three words I no longer want to use. I’m trying to delete them from my vocabulary. I want to x them out. They’ve proven to be toxic so I am doing my best to erase them from my thinking.