Stay Tuned, Conversations with Dad from the Other Side
Wiggleworms
Does music help infants develop? Absolutely! I took my son to a Wiggleworms class to see if it would help him socialize with other babies and was thrilled when he showed an interest in singing, dancing and moving to the music. Music and babies are a match made in heaven. It's never too early to start your baby in a Wiggleworms class.
I found myself channel surfing recently and landed on a ridiculous show called "The Dr's"- which has male doctors answer health questions with an audience. It's an attempt to be "serious" journalism, but the stories are produced with a tone of drama that is reminiscent of "A Current Affair".
I start watching a train wreck about a baby who has temper tantrums. The mother is complaining that her little child, not even two years old, screams uncontrollably. The mother rolls her eyes in confusion.
During my last show on May 24th, I noticed that the group in the front was rather festive. I thought "wow, some of my family came to the show and I didn't realize they were coming!"
When the lights came up- I looked at them, and had no clue who they were. There was a man and his three children; ages 17- to mid 20's.
"I'm Greg," the man said, introducing himself. "Clare gave me your book, and I passed it on to all of them," he said as he gestured to his kids.
So the show is coming to an end. The third run of a wild ride.
I had a relatively small crowd this past Sunday and was thinking that it's probably a good thing that we are closing for a while. It takes a lot of energy to talk for 75 minutes straight- and this crowd was so quiet, I thought they were going to throw tomatoes at me.
Jenniffer Weigel, an actress turned broadcast journalist turned author, thinks in depth about things most of us only give a passing thought, those bigger questions in life that are so complex, so mysterious they seem beyond our grasp.
In her 2007 book, Stay Tuned, Weigel was on a mission to find an answer to one of these burning questions: What happens when we die?
Welcome to staytunedwithjen. I'm a reporter and anchor from Chicago who got sick and tired of the "It bleeds, It leads" mentality that ran the news business, so I walked out on my gig with a network in Chicago to start my own production company. Now I spend my time telling stories that inspire me.
Whether I'm reporting about recipes or a vineyard in Napa Valley, my goal in life is to enjoy my job. I've even had some visitors donate funds to help me produce more stories for this site.
So send me an email. Read my blog. Watch some videos. Read my book. And always remember: If you wake up every day miserable and tired- you aren't fulfilling your life's purpose. When you begin to follow your dreams, everything else will fall into place...