Category Archives: mentoring

Red

Posted on March 26, 2018 by @jamieweil

Because somebody believed in somebody else. Continue reading →

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A Crazy Thought

Posted on November 8, 2017 by @jamieweil

Last week we met my cousins Larry and Janine for lunch in Carlsbad. Janine is consistently my biggest blogging cheerleader. For so many years, I blogged every Monday and the words became a story she followed with the ever encouraging … Continue reading →

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Jordan Weil Goes to Boys State 2016

Posted on June 27, 2016 by @jamieweil

When Jordan was invited by his high school to apply for the 2016 Boys State, we had never heard of this program. We soon learned it is put on by The American Legion. After sitting through the Inaugural Ceremony Awards … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Mr. Woodman’s Music

Posted on April 14, 2016 by @jamieweil

Alex Woodman was my son’s favorite teacher. A few weeks ago, he died suddenly at 59.  It’s taken time to process, for me and for the whole community. There are no words to describe this man, but because he loved stories, and words … Continue reading →

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Collaboration, Consensus and Connection

Posted on August 24, 2015 by @jamieweil

Each child is so unique, so precious. My youngest boy (nearly an adult at this point) is a post-modern leader. He, like Nelson Mandela, leads from behind. He’s all about consensus and the group. He has never been the kid … Continue reading →

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Hobbies Keep Us Healthy

Posted on April 28, 2014 by @jamieweil

Imagine your city streets filled with hobby cars stretching back to the early 50s. That’s what it’s like on Hilltop Drive in Redding every April at Kool April Nites. Each year, I’m amazed at how much time and money people put … Continue reading →

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Earth Angels

Posted on January 27, 2014 by @jamieweil

Every so often, along this life path, I meet up with some Earth Angels. I know them instantly, even before they speak. I know them by their light first. It transcends their outside wrapping and often doesn’t let the world … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Compensation

Posted on August 5, 2013 by @jamieweil

“It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson My son Abraham sent me this note in a text last week which said, … Continue reading →

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Are You from the Empty or Full School?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by @jamieweil

Whether you are a pessimist or an optimist is about the story you tell yourself and how you tell it. Joan Borysenko, PhD says it all boils down to your resilience and how you react to stressful events in your … Continue reading →

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Dive in!

Posted on July 1, 2013 by @jamieweil

Well, hello July. Welcome. I just spent the last weekend of June at a swim meet (where I spend many summer weekends in fact) in the quaint town of Etna, California. It’s the kind of quaint where in the early … Continue reading →

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