♥️🐺 The Son & The Sky Raina ♥️🐺

AUG 25 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

FUERTE / FORT (FORTE)

= “STRONG” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have an update post about my progress with my before and after photo that is “due” on September 21.

The truth is I have made some progress but as of right now depending on what time a day I check my face it looks pretty similar to the before photo minus the stache’ 🥸

The good news is I still have 4 weeks left and even better news ultimately, it is not important. The only thing that is important is that it is a health goal and not in vanity meaning my health is more important than my looks.

This morning I did a short workout at the gym at school and found put they have another weight room I did not know about. I can’t “wait” to check it out. 😎

I also stopped by the coffee shop and grabbed a cinnamon bun since I will be watching the sweets over the next 4 weeks.

All of this was before 9am 💪🏼

I look forward to sharing with you my “after” photo.

I LOVE YOU❕

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 25 1609 Galileo demonstrated his first telescope introducing one of the most important instruments in Astronomy 🔭 The first telescope ever was 1 year earlier by Hans Lippershay

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 24 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

LUNA NUEVA / NOUVELLE LUNE = “NEW MOON” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

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Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about last nights “new moon”.

The new moon marks the first day on a lunar calendar.

I believe I have mentioned lunar cycles previously (moon cycles) as well as the use of different calendars such as the calendar we use here in the US (the Gregorian calendar), the Lunar calendar like today’s post and the Chinese lunisolar calendar among others.

Our ancestors would have used several different calendars throughout history maybe all of them.

The New Moon is the first phase of the lunar cycle which last 29.5 days.

The moon appears black because the moon is positioned between the earth and the sun reflecting light back towards the sun.

During the New Moon the moon rises and sets with the sun so it is hidden in the sun’s glare yet in the sky during the day and hardly visible if it all at night.

In many traditions it represents new beginnings, fresh starts and renewals.

I like the idea of a lunar calendar because it is something we can all see and regardless of date or time on a clock or calendar it is a consistent way of tracking periods.

It is either day or night (time) and the moon shows the date (whatever phase the moon is in while knowing it will repeat in roughly 30 days). The seasons the time of year cold, plant, hot, harvest.

I am less than 1 week into my Astronomy class yet the sky has been a major topic ❤️🐺

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 24 1912 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the United States.

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 23 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

QUIZÁS / PEUT-ÊTRE = “MAYBE” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about considerations of the future.

We really never know when the things we do will be the last time we ever do it.

This could be for many reasons.

The things we do include the things we see, things we say, the people we are with as well as anything else we could ever do.

Whether we want to do something again, need to do something again, expect to do something again or do not want to do something again we can only make a difference in the present.

Knowing that it is possible that whatever you are doing could be the last time, why not make the best of it?

Do what you want to do passionately, do what you need to honestly, say what you want to say lovingly and whenever you part with someone leave them a reminder of your love.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 23 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 sent back the first ever recorded photograph of planet Earth.

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 22 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

CIUDAD CAPITAL / VILLE CAPITALE = “CAPITAL CITY” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

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Howl you doing❓

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Today, for you, I have a post about my day walking around the capital downtown area just down my home steps.

I walked to get some quality water and on the way back from the market there was a free concert near my school campus.

I was listening to a podcast on my earphone (only one headphone not headphones) and also checking out the music from the concert.

I walked back home then decided to grab some dinner at the bbq joint right by my building. It was as always delicious.

I then walked back home and dropped off and stored my leftovers and decided to get some dessert.

I walked to the ice cream place in my neighborhood and enjoyed a cone on the way back to my place with two extra scoops for later 😉

I reached out to your grandparents (my parents) and your aunt and uncle (my siblings) to pitch a taco night and a pizza night that we could regularly do similar to what my mom and her siblings would do when I was growing up.

I like how I am able to do all these things that are only a short walk away especially on beautiful weather days like today.

I look forward to doing these things with you in the near future.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 22 1963 Joseph A Walker became the first person to reach space twice

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 21 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

CLASE / CLASSE = “CLASS” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about my first day back to school.

The 2925-2026 semester began today as I mentioned that would be starting soon and it was a good day.

The school had lots of little things for students as welcome back gifts including school supplies, snacks and even a free snow cone which I have not had in years maybe decades.

Math seems like math but Astronomy had a surprise being in an observatory that had a planetarium type dome overhead. I was already looking forward to Astronomy and I wasn’t expecting the dome.

I will keep you updated with anything I think you might find interesting throughout the semester including a summary of my first week back.

How was your first day back to school?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 21 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state to join the United States of America.

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 20 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

CIGARRA / CIGALE = “CICADA” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

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Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about Cicadas.

It is actually the 21st of Aug and today the Cicadas are singing.

I have walked by many making noise and one on the sidewalk just chillin’.

If I see another one I will take a photo but for now here are some interesting facts about Cicadas:
• 🪲 Very long life cycles: Some cicadas spend 13 or 17 years underground as nymphs before emerging as adults. These are called periodical cicadas (found mostly in the U.S.).
• 🕰️ Synchronized emergence: When they finally emerge, millions appear all at once, overwhelming predators with sheer numbers — this is called predator satiation.
• 🎶 Super loud singers: Male cicadas produce mating calls that can reach 100+ decibels, about as loud as a chainsaw. They use special organs called tymbals to create the sound.
• 🌳 Sap drinkers: Cicadas don’t eat solid food; they feed on the sap of trees and plants using straw-like mouthparts.
• 🪦 Short adult lives: After years underground, adults usually live only a few weeks, just long enough to mate and lay eggs.
• 🌍 Worldwide distribution: Cicadas live on every continent except Antarctica.
• 👶 Egg-laying: Females lay eggs inside small slits they cut into tree branches. When the young hatch, they drop to the ground and burrow into the soil.
• 🔄 Annual vs. periodical cicadas: Many species emerge every year (annual cicadas), while only a few species have the dramatic 13- or 17-year cycles.
• 🧪 Cicada shells: The empty exoskeletons left behind after molting are called exuviae — you often see them clinging to trees or fences.
• 🎨 Symbolism: In many cultures (especially in Asia), cicadas symbolize rebirth, immortality, or transformation because of their dramatic emergence from earth.

You have likely heard a Cicada but have you ever seen a Cicada?

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 20 1975 Viking 1 was launched by NASA to Mars and would later provide the first detailed images of Mar’s surface.

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 19 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

HÉROE (HEROINA) / HÉROS (HÉROINE) = “HERO” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post sharing how I spent my afternoon.

Today I went to go see the movie “Superman” at the theater with your aunt (my sister) and your grandpa (my dad).

I thought it was a good movie and it was something I looked forward to seeing and it lived up to the hype.

I look forward to nothing more than seeing you and this is something I believe I will get to do sometime soon.

The movie today in some ways was about belief. Belief in yourself and that what you are doing is right for you.

I will always be here for you and you will always motivate me to be a better hu(man).

Thanks.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 19 2010 the US withdrew the last combat brigade from Iraq marking the end of a war that should have never had to be.

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 18 2025

(MARCH 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

AÑO / ANNÉE = “YEAR” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about what will be happening this time next year.

The plan for 2026 includes a few things that by this time next year the following will be true.

I will graduate from LCC with my associates degree.

I will be enrolled and about to begin classes at Grand Valley University.

I will be living in Grand Rapids.

I will be in the best state of physical and mental health of my life.

Most importantly, we will not only have spent time with each other but we will be consistently spending time with each other.

I look forward very much to this time next year. I will have achieved a number of goals with no goal being more important than spending time with you.

This time next year is going to reflect years of preparation and hard work.

All of it worth it.

LET’S GO‼️

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 18 1986 your uncle and my brother was born

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 17 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

/ = “” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺

AUG 16 2025

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

FÚTBOL AMERICANO / FOOTBALL AMÉRICAIN = “FOOTBALL” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today, for you, I have a post about the start of the 2025-2026 Lions season.

I am currently watching the last minute of the Lions vs Dolphins game and I am excited for the season!

Are you going to football camp this year?

I will be rooting for the Lions as always and I am also curious how the Steelers will do this year with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback.

I hope to see a pic of you with one of your jerseys on game day supporting whatever team you are rooting for.

GO LIONS!

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: AUG 16 2008 Michael Phelps wins his record setting 8th Olympic gold medal

THESE THREE STEPS BELOW WILL ALLOW YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME CALLED LIFE TO REVEAL YOUR POTENTIAL

1} LEAD WITH LOVE

2} HONESTLY TRY

3} REPEAT STEP 1 & 2 EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

WHEN YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE DID, LET THEM KNOW🙏🏼

I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU❕

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

PEACE❕

💕 I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER ❣️🐺