♥️🐺 The Son & The Sky Raina ♥️🐺

JULY 04 2024

HOLA MI HIJOS❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to celebrate with you our freedom 🥳

Our country is celebrating its freedom today but everyday we can celebrate our freedom to be ourself.

Luckily we aren’t reduced to being ourself in private like some must do in other countries.

In America we are free to express ourself in a way that does not intentionally harm others.

We are able to subscribe to or build a belief system as we see fit.

This to me is true freedom.

Although there are laws and the pressures of culture, ultimately we are in charge of how we want to conduct and express ourself in a loving and open way.

I do not take this for granted and I hope you don’t either.

Regardless of what era we are born or the borders we reside within it is our mind that is the true battleground that holds the most important victory that needs to be achieved.

Never be afraid to stand up for yourself and those you love.

Always lead with LOVE and see what is available to be grateful for, especially in moments when it is not immediately obvious to notice what is and will always be available.

LET FREEDOM RING❕

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JULY 03 2024

GOLD MORNING❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to share with you my experience watching the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris.

I have watched everything as a highlight and not in real time.

I would seek clips that featured a gold medal performance, olympic record and team USA athlete events.

My favorite so far were the Team USA Men’s Basketball games. I was able to watch some of the games spoiler free and it was like watching an accelerated version of the game (I often do this with any sports I watch).

I would rewatch the athletes perform certain acts that amazed me and to see the expressions on their faces when realizing they had won.

It is interesting seeing the various expressions and emotions displayed when somebody or the team was successful in achieving a multiyear goal that often took a lifetime of training.

I can see that in those moments the athletes are experiencing a present moment that took years to unpack and there aren’t many scenarios that have this type of climax.

I admire the discipline, commitment and effort required for an athlete to even reach the olympics let alone podium (medal).

Did you watch the Olympics? If so, what was your favorite event?

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JULY 02 2024

HOLA MI HIJOS❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today’s post is a follow up in a way from yesterday’s post. I mentioned music videos yesterday and I thought today I would share with you a few of my favorite music videos.

Music videos aren’t always made for every song but when they are it is another way to experience an artist that allows you to see another aspect of the song and the artist or band themself. Sometimes it is the first time you see what they look like. Sometimes the video shows you what the artist intent of the song was when writing it and it may or may not be similar to what your interpretation of the song had been. Sometimes it has nothing to do with the song’s lyrics or vibe but a video featuring a unique expression of the artist. Here are a couple videos that I enjoy and I hope you do as well.

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JULY 01 2024

HOW’S IT GOING❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I have a question for you.

What do you think about while riding in a car?

When I was in the backseat I would often think about being in a music video. While listening to the song on the radio I would look out the window and imagine the video was about the things I would see while looking out the window and the video would be cutting back and forth from me sitting in the back seat maybe singing along to the current song and to my point of view to the outside of the car world.

Sometimes I would think of other things but I remember the music video vibe being something that I frequently had.

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 30 2024

HOW’S IT PEN❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to talk about Drawing and other ways to create visual art and express yourself in a fun way.

Whether it’s a crayon, pencil, paint brush or any other tool we might use when we draw we are creating visual art.

It may be a single color or colors or black and white (which are colors too of course) the intent is to transfer from your mind to hand to a surface via the instrument an image (our fingers are instruments too, ever tried finger painting?)

There are techniques and concepts that can help you create art but there is no wrong way to express yourself when it comes to drawing (this is true for any art form).

Let it be fun and do not be hard on yourself when drawing. The more you draw the better you will get and the more techniques you study and practice the more difficult types of things you can draw will be in your capability.

The different types of tools you can use are many but true for all of them is practice makes progress.

Drawing is a fun way to be creative and can be something that gives you a way to make something that is just as unique as you. All of our favorite cartoon characters started in someone’s head and were birthed by something like a pencil in hand to paper.

There are many videos online and books that teach you how to improve your skill at drawing.

Give yourself time and with practice and patience you will be drawing things you never thought possible.

Have fun and keep creating!

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 29 2024

WHAT’S COOKIN’❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to talk about MINDFUL EATING.

We eat food sometimes in a way that does not make sense. I think the work day (9am to 5pm) creates a timetable for our meals more than our stomach.

Eating in the morning soon after waking up makes sense because it gives us energy to start our day and our morning meal has the longest period of time since our last meal.

When we are hungry makes the most sense to eat. Sometimes we aren’t “hungry” when we eat but it is meal time so we eat anyway. This could be because there is more than one person to consider when preparing a meal and more convenient than preparing a meal for each person every time they are hungry.

A lot of things we do every day is because thats the way it has been done before we were here by our parents, grand parents and other previous generations. This may have made sense for them but does not necessarily mean it makes sense for us.

Just because our elders or culture does things a certain way it does not mean it is the way that we must do it.

Eat in a way that makes sense for you.

However you eat, be grateful for the meal and show your gratitude to whoever provides and or serves it to you.

If you are buying your own food be mindful from purchase to your empty plate. If you aren’t buying your own food try to contribute to the meal any way that you think is appropriate perhaps by assisting in cleaning up.

True hunger is something I hope you never experience because that means it’s been days since your last meal.

Most of the time if we think we are hungry it is because it is around the time we usually eat, are bored or actually thirsty not hungry.

If you are full before your meal is finished it is ok to save the rest for later instead of making yourself feel unwell.

Bon Appetit

(Good Appetite in 🇫🇷 FRENCH)

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 28 2024

NAMASTE❕👋🏼

(HELLO IN SANSKRIT 🇮🇳)

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to talk about one of my favorite things… YOGA!

Yoga can be practiced in many ways. It is the practice and union of breath, movement and gaze.

I prefer hot yoga and this is yoga in a room heated to around body temperature. One of my favorite forms of yoga is the original form called “Ashtanga”.

In Ashtanga there is a specific order of poses that are performed that allow you to stretch and articulate the entire body while allowing the mind to be present and can be as challenging as you can make it.

I tend to try my best for the majority of the yoga practice so that I can challenge my mind and body and get better each time.

Yoga is something that can be done anywhere and for free.

I highly recommend yoga and believe it is something that everyone can benefit from.

Movement, breath work, community, and challenging yourself is a great recipe for a healthy experience.

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 27 2024

HIp HIp HOORAY❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today is a day for celebration. Why? Well that is up to you.

We have birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and other yearly days that are “worth” celebrating but really every day has something to be grateful enough to cause for celebration.

Today is actually July 28 (you can see I need some more catching up to do on our blog 😬) and there is not anything that I woke up and knew was happening that was special but if I think about it I know there is something worth celebrating.

Today, right now I am celebrating being your father 🧑‍🧒‍🧒

I could also celebrate my life, my health, my children, my past and even my future.

I enjoy keeping track of my effort in the form of streaks and I am about to hit 100 days of studying language. I also have many other streaks going including practicing chess, cleaning my home and this blog among others.

My point is we do not need anyone but ourself to say what day is special and what moment is worth celebrating so we can recognize our present gratuity and even optimism for our future.

Be happy now and look forward to being happy later.

What can you celebrate today?

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 26 2024

HOWDY HO❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to share with you a few facts about an animal with a crappy name… the DUNG BEETLE.

Today I decided to grab a few things from my storage unit and I rode my bike there. On the way back I felt like a Dung Beetle with a bunch of crap rolling through the city.

Here is a video with some facts about this interesting insect.

Enjoy…. And keep on rolling 😉

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

JUNE 25 2024

GOOD MORNING❕👋🏼

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I want to talk about Value.

It is smart when we purchase something to be mindful of what something cost and what it is worth. The worth represents the worth in the marketplace but also what it is worth to you.

One person may think that the price is too high and others may think that the same price for the same item or experience is a good deal.

Nothing really has an actual price that isn’t dictated by the merchant or marketplace. Even our currency fluctuates in value or at least its worth.

The cost for a gallon of milk in 2020 was $2.78. Now it is roughly $3.32.

A session of hot yoga is around $15 an hour and others wouldn’t practice hot yoga even if it was free and you paid them $15 an hour.

Here is my perspective.

Do not pay more for something that you can get for less unless it is necessary or convenient short term but not a long term approach.

Plan ahead, do research and practice patience.

You can usually find a good deal or in time the price may go down.

There are certain days and times during the year where sales will be present nationwide and some items decrease in price after being available for a while.

If it is new and just released and you want it immediately, know that you will probably be paying the highest price.

If it is a collectable the price may actually increase but this is rare.

Finally, sometimes we are ok with paying the highest price because for us it may be worth it. The reasons vary but if you are being mindful, this will be rare that you find yourself paying the highest price.

The more mindful you are with spending, the further your dollar will go giving you “the biggest bang for your buck”.

You are loved.

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺