Aug 30Why 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 right. I’d pushed the engine far enough that the tires jumped, action movie style, and the car stopped on a hillside of thick weeds, looking…Marriage4 min readMarriage4 min read
Dec 9, 2021Everything I Wish I’d SaidWe went to the playground once. In the summer. I watched you run across the sea of grass to the monkey bars. …Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
Feb 22, 2021The Critical Thought Pandemic“It was bad that they owned slaves.” My son looked at me, tears forming in the corner of his eyes. “Why,” I asked. “Why was it bad?” He groaned and rolled his head back. The assignment was to read an article on the founding of the United States of America…Virtual Schools4 min readVirtual Schools4 min read
Feb 19, 2021When 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 iced tea in my left hand, condensation sliding down the side. “There was this clearing.” His voice flowed deep and scratchy in my…Past5 min readPast5 min read
Jul 20, 2020A 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 believe them?” Ben Hardy I read in the car before work every morning, usually a book geared towards self improvement or study. …Benjamin Hardy3 min readBenjamin Hardy3 min read
Jul 9, 2020Time is a DistanceOne of my favorite writers, Ben Hardy, has examined this concept extensively. Time is a distance. It is not how long you are going, but how far you move as a person. Are you the same person you were yesterday? …Family3 min readFamily3 min read
Jun 18, 2020Land of the Free and Home of the FuriousWriter Harry Enten published an article released on cnn.com today with the title “Record Unhappiness Reigns as Americas Think Something has gone Awry in US.” You can find it here. The gist of Enten’s short article is that, since May, we’ve gotten more upset as a whole. He sites a…Protests Turn Violent4 min readProtests Turn Violent4 min read
Jun 11, 2020What You Don’t Know About Your Hair StylistShe stayed up late last night looking at a list of names. This list is more than one hundred people. She looks down the list as her cell phone alerts sound. Facebook, text messages, questions. She puts the phone down and goes back to the list. Her list is not…Pandemic4 min readPandemic4 min read
Jun 10, 2020The Power of Patience“No actor forgets the times he couldn’t get a job. I think everyone doing this operates from that fear. You don’t want that momentum to stop when you get it” — Ben Affleck It was a late August evening. I knelt behind a dugout fence watching my son on the…Patience3 min readPatience3 min read
Jun 8, 2020My Biggest Challenge Right Now as a DadMy son is eleven years old and he has anxiety. Not just worries or concerns. His triggers can be large or small. Change plans and you’ll create an emotional response. …Parenting3 min readParenting3 min read