06/19/2026
We need to preserve these times.
Here’s a bit from my newest piece on Substack.
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Here’s a sneak peek:
The Life-giving (and life- saving) Qualities of Tea Time and Basketball
(Inconsequential moments I will go to the ends of the Earth to defend)
A bunch of young men playing basketball. That was it. No jerseys, likely a pick-up game, Maybe a drop-in. It was in a small gym at the new rec centre a few blocks away from my dad’s place. I could see them through the floor-to-ceiling glass wall. I could hear the squeaks of their runners on the floor, them calling out for a pass as they sprinted down the court, and it made me cry. It brought me to tears and after the shock of how suddenly this hit me, I knew exactly why.
This was one of, what might look like, as an “inconsequential moment” that elicited a lot of emotion from me. Seemed like no big deal likely to an onlooker, but when you are able to see behind the scene, it can be revealing.
I can think of dozens of times when I was moved to tears by something that likely seemed as mundane as folding laundry to other people. Overly-sensitive? I don’t think so. It’s different than that.
I think my being so moved by these scenes is because I know what has happened in order for these moments to unfold as they do, and I know that when they happen, there are many far-reaching and long-lasting positive benefits. I’ll describe another example of this in this piece and explain why I am worried that we may be losing these moments, and in the loss of them, will lose the life-changing and even life-saving benefits for all of us.
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