I’ve always lived far away from my parents. Ever since I graduated from college I’ve live hundreds and even thousands of miles away. For the last decade or so we’ve lived 800 miles apart. And during these challenging times, the distance often seems much greater…
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They say that a mother’s love is unconditional. I honestly can’t argue with that fact. My mother has always been one of my biggest supporters in life. And today, is a big day for my loving mother…
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I had what I guess you’d call a very strange occurrence over the weekend. Fortunately it was good strange. But this threw me for a little bit of a loop. Let me explain…
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I’ve been thinking about my mother a lot lately. It’s nothing bad, just some deep thoughts. Today we celebrate her birthday and that has me thinking about life…
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Few people have ever accused me of being low-key. Now, I do have a low-key side, but it’s rarely visible. IN our family, my mother is the low-key one. In fact if you look in the dictionary you’ll see her picture next to the definition of low-key. Okay, that may be a bit of a…
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It’s Mother’s Day. I’d wish my mother a Happy Mother’s Day here, but she’s never been on the internet. Instead I’ll give her a call. And it’ll last about 10 minutes. It’s not that we’re not close, it’s because my mother is the strong silent type. To have spent her life with both me and…
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It may sound strange, but I’m doing some advance planning… 20 years in advance. It’s my mother’s birthday today and I’m actually thinking more about two decades from now than I am about her birthday today. Let me explain…
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Today, it’s another “best of” podcast, Or you might call it a rerun. I know… saying ‘best of’ is too kind. Today, we’re looking back at a Mason Minute from a little over 2 years ago. Back in 2013 we were coping with getting older. Sadly, we’re still coping with old age. I guess that’s…
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Now I realize that today won’t be as important to you as it is to me (unless the Mason Minute has become the only thing that gets you through life), but to me, today is more important than my birthday…
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I guess technically it’s not ‘Mother’s Day’, but rather MY Mother’s Day…
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