Matt ShanerA Weekend AwayVal and I got married on the beach in Lewes, Delaware. We’d rented a house for the weekend just off the beach and had the ceremony across…Jan 26Jan 26
Matt Shaner3 Things that Change ThingsI was working the front desk of the OR area one morning. The desk person is the traffic cop for surgeries coming and going, staff moving…Jan 16Jan 16
Matt ShanerThe ChoiceWas there a fork in the road moment where you realized you no longer wanted to be acceptable, you wanted to be exceptional?” -Aaron McManusJan 141Jan 141
Matt ShanerWhen You Should But You Can’tIt was summer sometime in my early teens. I had gone with my mother to a picnic of a church organization she was a part of. The picnic had…Jan 11Jan 11
Matt ShanerWhy I’ve Found Myself Here1-The headlights on my 1984 Oldsmobile cast dull yellow arcs on the back road. I’d just started driving. The hill crested and turned to the…Aug 30, 2023Aug 30, 2023
Matt ShanerThe Critical Thought Pandemic“It was bad that they owned slaves.” My son looked at me, tears forming in the corner of his eyes.Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Matt ShanerWhen to Write a New StoryI still remember the stop sign, distorted in the waves of heat rising from the asphalt. My grandfather and I sat on his porch, a glass of…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
Matt ShanerA Matter of Trust“What would happen if your future self came to you and told you that everything you want to see happen was going to happen? Would you…Jul 20, 2020Jul 20, 2020
Matt ShanerTime is a DistanceOne of my favorite writers, Ben Hardy, has examined this concept extensively.Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020