Number 1 took his final tests for the semester yesterday…but isn’t coming home for another 10 days or so because of work. I, equal parts, like the initiative, but am also sad. I am ready for him to be home. A couple days ago, I got a phone call from him asking me if driving down a mountain on ice is bad. I said yes, given the choice between up or down, I would choose up. He replied that this could be bad and proceeded to drive his car into the ditch while I was on the phone with him. Pretty sure that is a first. He ended up finding some locals to help pull him out, who then followed him the rest of the way down the mountain. Thank you, whoever you are, in the red truck. They also gave him some tips on the best type of hunting in the area, utilizing a heated, mobile blind…Bless their hearts!
As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, but 2-4 get a handwritten napkin.
Visual credits to: @CowboyGospeler @StoicRise @Wisdom_HQ
Quotes:
1. “When a problem benefits many people, it doesn’t get solved.” – Unknown
2. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” – George S. Patton
3. “What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” – Budah
4. “What did she give you?” “Everything.” — Chilli and Bandit
Bonus Quote: “The West made men or broke them, and those it made were hard to break.” – Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1920)
Sources:
The West made men or broke them, and those it made were hard to break.
⏤Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1920) pic.twitter.com/POivYgdYz5— Cowboy Gospeler (@CowboyGospeler) December 5, 2025
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— StoicRise (@StoicRise) November 19, 2025
— Wisdom (@Wisdom_HQ) November 3, 2025