Tag: helping others

• Like Cats, We All Leave Stuff Behind

  Like cats, we all leave stuff behind. On Christmas afternoon, our neighbors popped over with a delicious chocolate cake to share with us. They were fronted by their two delightfully adorable kids, who still had the magical glassy eyes of Christmas spreading joy to everyone they met. As we chatted at the doorway before they […]

  sassevn

  December 27, 2016

  Life, Uncategorized

  cats, encouragement, helping others

• Shade: Are you offering it?

  A couple weeks back, we were walking to a Chinese New Year feast at the house of some friends, and my wife and I found ourselves skipping from shade patch to shade patch to escape the blazing sun. It was one of those stifling days where your sweat can have sweat of its own even […]

  sassevn

  March 28, 2015

  Life

  Chinese New Year, encouragement, helping others, hot climates, inspiration about shade, shade, words of encouragement

• You Don’t Need Much to Be Successful

  It’s that time of year. I’m putting up the softball backstop once again. Look at this beauty: That’s one of the best softball backstops in Malaysia. Not much too look at, I know. But the availability of things is limited here – especially when compared to the baseball/softball paradise of America. But you would be […]

  sassevn

  February 21, 2015

  Life

  amateur sports, compassion, helping others, life, malaysian softball, simplifying life, softball, travel teams in baseball and softball

• America Got This One Right

  America has its faults – as does every country run by human beings. But the collective they got it right when they established Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Even as retailers push each year to pervert the intent and reach of the holiday, there is something extremely satisfying about setting aside a day a year […]

  sassevn

  November 28, 2014

  Life

  blessing, helping others, Thanksgiving