Right as Rain Blog

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A Sunny Day Among the Dark Ones

Several months ago, I saw a TikTok video from Jacob Givens, who posts funny content about music from the 90s—typically indie rock,...

A Saturday Full of Soccer Games

Last weekend, I had a big Saturday that I'd been looking forward to for months. And I was either going to be really happy or really sad...

How to Be Brave When You've Lost a Big Part of Your Heart

A couple of weeks ago, my daughter BB was at a schoolmate's birthday party. It was a gorgeous, 80-degree day, and the party had a giant...

Connecting with Social Media Friends... but IRL.

Social media (and hell, the internet in general) often gets vilified as this drug that keeps us plugged into our devices and never...

Even the Rain Can't Hold Us Down

On June 10th, I was driving my kids' daycare to pick them up, with about 12 hours to go before Maya and I dropped them off at their...

Creating a Successful Business Without Learning a Skill

Have you ever thought about leaving your job and starting your own thing? Or do you have some internal desire driving you towards...

There is No Success Without Sacrifice

At the end of May I spent three nights at a lake house in New Hampshire on a business retreat with three of what will be my co-founders...

A River Runs Through Us

I wasn’t ready for this. And I never would be. But life, and death for that matter, wait for no one to be ready. A couple of weeks ago I...