A Life Worthy

Tag: midlife crisis

  • Welcome Back to My Mid-life Crisis

    When I first started this blog a couple of years ago, I had maybe two readers.  Now that I’m up to five, I thought it might be a good idea to revisit the thoughts and questions that got me started in the first place.  Kinda remind myself of the vision, you know? If you please, meander back with me to my very first post.  

    midlife crisisMine hit while I was standing at the bathroom sink.  It had not been a good day.  A virus was mocking my immune system.  My part-time “extra” job was giving me fits.  I had just been fired from my primary job–a job that I didn’t even like in the first place.  I was breathless from the walk up the stairs, and I knew I couldn’t blame it on being sick.  Feelings of failure, and weakness, and plain old ineptiosity were creeping in.

    Then my wife, beloved of my heart, partner of my life, stood behind me at the sink and uttered the magic words.

    “You have a bald spot.”

    Mid-life crisis hit me right between the eyes. (more…)

  • Refocus

    You may have noticed that sometimes I get a little scattered.

    My writing can be a bit…oh…hodgepodgey.  Looking back over the six months since I started this blog, I see that I have written about hiking, braces, car failures, home improvement nightmares, dogs, dates, worship, and my favorite chair, among other bits and bobs.

    Sort of a digital stream of consciousness.

    I thought it might be time to sort of remind you, and myself, exactly why I’m here.  (more…)

  • Many, Many Candles

    Part of this year's twenty. Geez, I'm getting old.

    It’s birthday season, and that is always a dangerous time for me.  Not only is there the fire hazard, there is the potential for the Crisis to rear its ugly, balding head. You know exactly what I mean.  Men look at each birthday as a yardstick, measuring where we are in life against where our friends are, where our colleagues are, or—most dangerous of all—where we thought we would be by now. (more…)