This one is special and hopefully, Mikko you will be able to read this one day. I returned to Florida.…

It can’t be a coincidence that it’s been a year since I blogged. 2014 has been a long, hard, emotional…

As I am writing these words my batteries are empty when they should be full. Behind me are some of…

And I told you to be patient, And I told you to be fine, And I told you to be…

It feels like that over the past 10 months I have met more people than in the 30 years before.…

Mikko, I miss you every second I am away. I believe.

I first heard of Zoe Keating in a YouTube video. There’s something special about her music, the way the melodies…

Just figured this has been the longest time I did not publish anything here. To add insult to injury mindwork.net…

I first visited South Africa in 2009 and it will be forever a special place to me. It was there…

It’s one my personal favourites by Rilke. Die Blätter fallen, fallen wie von weit, als welkten in den Himmeln ferne…

I just spent three days with my son while Astrid was away. The most intense, beautiful and rewarding days I…

In January “I” turned into “we”. In February I added life to my days. In March it was about someone…

I drove down the highway to St. Pete from Tampa Airport just as I had done when I moved to…

And if the lights draw you in And the dark can take you down And love can mend your heart…

Oh, look at me At all I’ve done I’ve lost so many things that I so dearly love I lost…

Leaving journalism is hard, harder than I ever imagined. But it’s the right thing to do at the right time…

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the…

We’ll do it all Everything On our own We don’t need Anything Or anyone Thumbs up, if you listened to…

I just figured why I love the 50mm lens Georg gave me so much: There is no zoom. It forces…

Thought that just ran through my mind: Where will I be, when he is finally able to read all this?…

“The Last 3 Minutes” Directed by Po Chan from Shane Hurlbut, ASC on Vimeo. I am not sure what’s more…

You’d know how the time flies. Only yesterday was the time of our lives. We were born and raised in…

I was going to write a long look back at those crazy, funny, great 30 years I just celebrated. But…

I feel exhausted, mentally and physically. I rush but I don’t go anywhere. There has been going on so much…

There used to be a time when I said “I” and I really only referred to myself. Now when I…

In January it was about place and emotions. In February I listened to you breathing. In March a single call…

When I look into his eyes, life is beautiful. I’ll eventually show it all to him. I believe.

Suddenly you look at yourself and you have grown – older. Do we ever stay true to ourselves? Do we…

make me see. I believe.

It’s been the first night I properly slept through since Mikko was born. It will take some time for us…

loose ends were tied, love intensified, hope paid. i believe.

Years of believing finally made sense. God gave us life. I believe.

The weeks and months have flown by and the big day is closing in. In terms of adusting our home…

There I was a soon-to-be-30-year-old surrounded by a bunch of kids. After a couple of exercises my legs hurt, my…

When Astrid Aand I chose the words we wanted to have on our wedding rings, we thought of that one…

The hardest lesson in life is to let go. Believe me, I’ve been taught it a million times. There are…

Weeks ticking away. After the scare, things have turned for the better. We took two weeks off, going to Sweden…

An allem was man sagt, an allem was man sagt, ist auch was dran!. Egal wer kommt, egal wer geht,…

Within seconds things you consider important become meaningless. I prayed as hard as I could. I believe.

Time is never time at all You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth And our lives…