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Matt Shaner

A Weekend Away

Val 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 26, 2024

A Weekend Away

Jan 26, 2024

3 Things that Change Things

I 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 16, 2024

3 Things that Change Things

Jan 16, 2024

The Choice

Was there a fork in the road moment where you realized you no longer wanted to be acceptable, you wanted to be exceptional?” -Aaron McManus

Jan 14, 2024

The Choice

Jan 14, 2024

When You Should But You Can’t

It 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 11, 2024

When You Should But You Can’t

Jan 11, 2024

Why I’ve Found Myself Here

1-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, 2023

Why I’ve Found Myself Here

Aug 30, 2023

Everything I Wish I’d Said

We went to the playground once.

Dec 9, 2021

Everything I Wish I’d Said

Dec 9, 2021

The 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, 2021

The Critical Thought Pandemic

Feb 22, 2021

When to Write a New Story

I 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, 2021

When to Write a New Story

Feb 19, 2021

A 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, 2020

A Matter of Trust

Jul 20, 2020

Time is a Distance

One of my favorite writers, Ben Hardy, has examined this concept extensively.

Jul 9, 2020

Time is a Distance

Jul 9, 2020

Matt Shaner

Matt Shaner

Matt Shaner is a writer, husband, father, and believer living outside Reading, PA. You can find his blog and other writings at matthewdshaner.com.

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