Binnerfamily.org

Last year my Uncle Billy past away. His ashes are now scattered over Lake Tahoe, one of the places he LOVED. Today I was googling around a bit, and stumbled back upon the same site I used for background music from his band the Century’s.  A few people have replied to my post since then, and it was touching to see the replies. I dunno if it was the google searching, or listening to SXSW (That’s South By Southwest Music Fesitval for you rookies, from Austin, TX) music all day, but it feels good to think about him from time to time.

I’ll be adding this link to the family links here, but for those that want to go direct, here is the link.

We miss and love you Billy.

In a few short hours, I take my son to his first “away” camp. For me, and Jen, this is kinda a big deal. For him, well, he is excited. But I know he understands this is an INCREDIBLE chance to be seen. Davidson College, we have learned, is a VERY good school. At 13 almost 14, he has a chance to show them all what his LIFETIME soccer “career” has meant.

No, we are not the type of parents to push him…. he chose this, and likes it. Yeah, dad played trumped, he tried, didn’t like it, so he plays the pitch and runs track. I am so proud. He is going away for 4 days…..I KNOW he will do well, I only hope he knows how MUCH we love him. No matter how well he does, he’s ALWAYS our son, and will always mean the UNIVERSE to us! Good luck son!!!!!

Dad & mom & Sis Ashley

It never ceases to amaze me where good ideas come from. It also never stops surprising me where an overall sense of well being will light a fire under me. I wanted a night with my daughter, since it’s been a while since I did that. So, tonight, we saw “Up”; a cute, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, Disney movie. What I wasn’t expecting was the sense of well being it brought me.

It’s felt for a long time now like I have been dragging my feet, not really sure where things were going. The economy sucks, I fear for my career and livelihood on a daily basis, etc etc and so on.  Several things hit me tonight like a ton of bricks. Maybe the stars aligned, maybe it’s because I am about to be 36, who knows how these things happen.

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