Teach car maintenance: Adding air to tires, checking oil, etc.


13-17



open your own business


20



Remember Mom's birthday


2-21



Just do the next right thing. One step at a time, you’ll get there.


13, 18, 21



Book recommendation: “Star Fish” by Lisa Fipps.


11



Keep stories about younger years to tell them later: You used to call yellow “lellow” etc. Ten years from now you think you’ll remember this stuff but you won’t.


2



Never consent to a search. Ask if it’s required. If not, no search. If yes, ask for your lawyer.


17, 21



Let’s find an activity where you can work with your hands


11



Trying to avoid the real work makes the task 100 times harder. Do the work.


9, 15, 21



End of August by Robert Frost is one of my favorite poems.


20



Write your own job description. When you've been around long enough to know what you're good at and can identify what needs in the company you can help with.


21



If your car is overheating turn on the heat full blast. It draws heat off the engine.


16



“Remember Divas and Friends, if you don’t think good things about yourself, how do you expect anybody else to?” - Sheryl Lee Ralph


11, 12. 14. 16, 17, 19, 21



Your body will go through all sorts of shapes and sizes. You’ll have times when you’re gorgeous and times when you’re awkward or frumpy. Whether you’re having a great hair day or sporting a face full of angry pimples, your looks have never and will never define your worth. (And nobody else will ever be defined by theirs.)


13, 15, 21



Talk about how to act respectfully and be inclusive of children with disabilities and facial deformities, etc.


5-10



Apollo 13 and The Martian Great movies about space, science, engineering, etc. Watch together.


12



Kindness Confidence = Popular (Be kind to everyone, paying no attention to social status, age, looks, money or disability.) Be confident: Know that you are enough. You’ll never be perfect but no one else is either. When you mess up it’s not the end of the world- laugh at yourself when possible. Learn from failures. Don’t fake interest in people or things that don’t fill you up. Be who you are! People gravitate towards kindness and confidence


12



Caps Game this year.


11



Check out School of Rock (Vienna) or Bach to Rock.


9



“In the middle of the pain you didn’t cause, the change you didn’t want, the reality you didn’t know was coming . . . your life can still be beautiful.” Lysa TerKeurst


20



Always hold the door open for the next person.


4-14



It’s okay if you don’t know how (or don’t want) to move on. Start with something easier…just don’t go back.


16



Notre Dame Lullabies by the O’Neil Brothers is my favorite album ever. I used to play it at your bedtime when u were a baby and even sometimes when you were a kid. It reminds me of the happiest time of my life, when you came into it. Play it for me when I’m old and gray, okay?


21



There will be some losses or changes that completely shake you to the core. But remember that some bad experiences are like pooping your pants - Totally horrible but also kind of a relief.


19



Healing doesn’t mean becoming the best version of yourself. It’s learning to love even the worst parts about yourself.


17, 21



Book: “victory. Stand!” By Tommie Smith


14



Changed behavior is the only real apology.


15



Get to know your body, push yourself in terms of strength and endurance. You're stronger than you think. You're growing stronger every day. Your body is amazing and healthy. Take care of it! Enjoy it! Use your amazing strength and energy to do good in the world.


12-16



Read Prefontaine.


13



I’ve been trying to retrain my brain to deal with anxiety in healthy ways. It’s SO hard when these connections were fused decades ago. BUT I REFUSE to be a party to YOU laying down those same unhealthy neurological pathways. I’ll teach you better ways to handle stress and anxiety. Exercise/ Music/ warm showers/ creativity/ rest/ journaling/ meditation... WHATEVER! I promise to Somehow teach you what I never learned.


5-10, 14