Stop Exclaiming and Watch the Road I have always had an ear for the unusual ways people express themselves. Yesterday, out of the clear blue, the clouds rolled back and I heard a phrase that delighted me. I was driving Liessa and our daughter Rachel to the hospital to see our son, who was having …
The Curious Case of My Disappearing Name My full name is Ronald Lee Randle. Only two people have consistently called me Ronald. My mother and my sister. Everyone else started with Ronnie when I was young, and somewhere after college that gradually became Ron. Clean. Efficient. One syllable. Hard to get wrong, or so I …
Liessa and I have come to terms with something Rachel is not entirely ready to concede. She is more like both of us than she would prefer to admit. Like Liessa, she does not casually explore ideas. She enters them fully. If a subject carries weight or tension, she studies it until the room shifts. …
For Generation Z ______________________________________________________________________________ Dedication Dedicated to Lauren, Bailey, and Tyler. This is for your Generation Z friends navigating the uncertainty of early adulthood. This reflection is meant to be an encouragement, not a beatdown. Props to Andrea for the authentic way she is already living her life and for the thoughtful seriousness she brings …
Preface Dani & Me began not as a book but as observation. What started as a search for relief from physical pain became something larger: a study in formation, growth, accompaniment, and embodied wisdom. Danielle entered my life as a Pilates instructor. She remained as something more — a teacher of integration, a living example …
Pat’s Dating Profile Pat asked if I would help her write a bio for a dating website. I paused, not from lack of ideas, but from an appreciation for the optimism required to pursue romance at eighty-two. At this stage of life, one no longer operates under illusions about time. Knees negotiate. Memory wanders. Reading …
Shared Capacity and Moral Clarity Generation Z Collection As you step into adulthood, independence often grows faster than experience. Your convictions begin to solidify. Your voice becomes more defined. You encounter disagreement not as theory but as reality. Classrooms challenge you. Workplaces test you. Friendships stretch you. Eventually, families of your own will shape you …
A Formation Collection Ron Randle Written February 2026 This manuscript is original work by the author. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author, except for brief …
Table of Contents Movement 7: Pop’s Poem — Right-Side Up Movement 8: What I Am Learning as a Grandparent Movement 9: The Music We Play in the Quiet Years Movement 10: Pop’s Poem — Melody in the Middle Years Movement 11: A Poem from Sussa & Pops — Grandparenting in the Wi-Fi Age Movement 12: …
Personal Standalone Reflection Bailey, I wanted to follow up with you on the conversation you, Sussa, and I had this past Thursday morning. Not as advice. Just as something I’ve learned and wish I had understood earlier in my life. There are seasons in life when you are not lost, but you are not settled …