small Part – Big Problems
Hey kids, it’s Dad. Wow-what a week. Three back to back 12 hour plus workdays, but the end is in sight. I’m thankful for you and for all the support you give me. For today’s Tommylog, I wanted to take the car issue full circle. Just to bring you back a week or so ago I had battery issues with the car.
What I don’t fully think I understood was the fact that if your battery is shot, or if there’s no battery in the car, the car won’t physically run. I get it there without a battery it won’t start, but if the battery isn’t in good condition the car won’t even stay running. You are dead in the water. A $50 battery will keep your $5000, $10,000 or multi-million dollar vehicle from even starting.
It’s amazing how such a small part can have such an integral role in your success. Without a battery, you can’t keep the car running.
Kids, it’s important to have a backup plan. I always travel with jumper cables in my trunk. But if the battery is shot, only putting out 10 Volts. Then the whole operation comes to a screeching halt. Kinda like the story where the lion, not elephant as I said in the video–had a thorn in his foot. The something as simple as walking came to a screeching halt until the thorn was pulled from his foot. Amazing what a small thing and the damage that can do.
Have a Blessed Day – Popeyes Fried Chicken Edition
Hey kids, it’s Dad. For today’s Tommylog, I want to talk about my trip to Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. This past month, we got a brand new Popeyes and a brand new Chick-fil-A in big city, Appleton. I decided to venture out for lunch wait in line and see what Popeyes was all about.
The line was wrapped around the building once and they had people outside directing traffic. It’s kind of a big deal. The wait was not bad at all. The thing that impressed me was how nice the people were. One gent passed me a menu as I was waiting and I saw on the back of it “Have a blessed day”. That message was on the windows and doors and even the drive-thru window.
How great is that? “Have a blessed day”. That is just awesome. Not only are they filling my stomach, but they’re filling my soul with good thoughts. I’m really impressed by that.
In this day of so much turmoil both natural disasters and man-made disasters everywhere, they leave you with a little good thought. I just love that. Have a blessed day. Thank You, Popeyes for making me feel good…. oh and the yummy chicken too!
Dead Battery Adventure
Hey kids, it’s Dad. For today’s Tommylog, I want to tell you a story about a dead battery. For the last few weeks, I could tell that the battery in the Accord was having issues. You can kind of tell. Harder to start that kind of stuff. Well, this weekend the battery completely died. It made it to church and back…God is watching! But other than that, it was no go!
My good buddy Mark lent me his battery tender. Are used it all weekend long, but it still wouldn’t start this morning. Drew and I got in the car expecting it to start up but boom nothing.
Drew and I got out of the car and I told him we can do one of two things. We can walk to school or I can get you an Uber. He wasn’t too thrilled about having a stranger drive him to school. So we walked. We had a little adventure. Sometimes you get lemons, what do you do? You make some awesome lemonade.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Tale of 2 Different Stories
Hey kids, it’s Dad. For today’s Tommylog, I want to talk about the tale of two different stories. On one side we have a documentary called “Leaving Neverland” about one side of Michael Jackson that doesn’t get talked about a lot. On the other side, we have “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” which is a documentary about Fred Rogers.
Both documentaries are on the topic of children, but both take a completely different slant to it.
No kids I’m not here to take sides or to say what happened or what didn’t happen, I’m pretty sure the evidence speaks for itself. What I want to discuss is one big word…
Intent
What was Michael Jackson’s intent versus Mr. Fred Rogers intent? Who wanted the spotlight vs who just wanted to make a difference.
One documentary was very hard to watch, the other documentary was a pleasure to watch and I even cried during it.
I think we all can agree, the world needs more people looking out for children. The world needs more Mr. Rogers in it!