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This is Alex, Ben kindly allowed me to be apart of his website so I could add some recipes (follow @stressbakingwithalex on ig). This weekend was Maggie Finn’s bachelorette and she really wanted an appearance on the blog. Attached is a super cute photo of Maggie and Hannah (:

A couple weeks ago, something happened that’s been a on my mind a lot.

I was out in Blue Ridge with my family, relaxing on the patio with my dad, uncle, and grandad. Dinner was about to be ready when Josh (my oldest cousin Abbi’s boyfriend, might actually be named Zach) comes out says, “Alright boys, what are we drinking?” After everyone replied, mostly requesting tea and lemonade, he nodded and returned back inside. Although this seemed like a strong sign to me that he had intentions of providing us with drinks, several minutes passed without Josh returning. Still, I held out hope as we were called into dinner, that he had made our drinks and they’d be waiting for us inside. However, my hopes were quickly dashed as there were no such drinks prepared, leaving me no choice but to make my own.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been thoroughly considering the scenario. Did I misunderstand him? Was he just curious what we wanted to drink but had no intentions of making them? Was I pranked? It’s not clear to me at this point, but I wouldn’t normally attribute bad intent to him. When the time comes, I’ll ask him and hopefully get an answer.

The value of the past is simply in the lessons learned and memory of joyful moments. Being anxious about the future is valueless as it may never come and there is little we actually control. Regrets of the past and worries of the future come with the greatest cost as they take away from what is most of value, the now. ~Phil

Welcome to the blog...

I've had the vision for this site for a long time, but until recently, did not have the means or knowledge to complete it. Finally, it is in a state where I can focusing on adding content, with the first coming in this post today.

With this blog, I will not attempt to impart any kind of wisdom or opinions on the state of the world, but will mainly use it to document significant life events. I will not be retroactively adding any events from the past and will try to reference things before today as little as possible. My hope is that this makes it more inclusive for readers and will prove entertaining for my myself in the future. I have set it up to enable certain individuals to contribute to the blog as well, so hopefully it will contain others perspectives.

-Ben