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The Day I Fell From Grace
Ok, ok, yes, that was a total linkbait headline. I didn’t fall from grace. I’m not Lucifer. I fell off my roof on and I wanted to blog about it so you don’t also fall off your roof. Or something. Our...
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The Story of Your Life
When you’re 15 you can’t wait to be an adult. To drive. Vote. Drink. Have sex. Take adventures. All the fun stuff. A few short years ago you were chasing make-believe boats along gutters in the rain....
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Sunday When She Leaves
There was once a time, not long ago, when we’d yell “Love!” as my wife drove the kids away. First me. Then them. Then me again. Then (faintly) them. Then once more for good measure I’d cup my hands...
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The Truth About Brainstorming
There’s something about being a writer that doesn’t conform to social norms. Namely, that in order for us to do our jobs, we have to be completely alone. No writer writes, listens, and talks...
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Chance Encounter
Met a dude named Max out here in Ballantyne this morning. He was running the track in all orange U of Miami gear. As he went by I said something like, “So you like Miami?” He said yes, and we ended up...
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What I’ve Learned About Growing Old
You are going to die. It could be by a train this afternoon, or it could be in 70 years when you’re happy from having lived a full life, but you are going to expire and turn to dust. For the sake of...
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Leash Law Breaker
Today I took my three dogs to the park like I always do. It’s a fully enclosed park with a train track on one side, and creeks on two others. The only homes are the ones along the dead-end street that...
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Blinders for Everyone
Sometimes all we can do is keep our noses down and block out the chaos of the world. It’s perfectly fine to get wrapped up in our daily routines of life and work. It’s ok to pursue the superficial...
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Being Friends vs. Being Friendly
I recently discovered that someone I’d been following on Twitter for a couple of years unfollowed me. No, it’s not the first time this has happened (nor will it be the last). And yes, I keep tabs on...
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Remembering When Customer Service Wasn’t Brain Surgery
My first job was at McDonald’s. Yes, I was issued a pair of brown polyester pants with grease stains from the last guy my size, and did my time flipping burgers and scraping the trap. One of the things...
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Little Words
Kids sometimes make up funny words. A few of the most memorable words created by our daughters over the years include: – Dubberfly (butterfly) – Purpur (purple) – Burcept (except) – Jamamas (pajamas)...
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American Outcast
— Our oldest daughter turns 18 in a couple of weeks. It’s hard sometimes to see her in her entirety. The now is always so … present. But she was a brilliant child. A true child of wonder. Her...
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When Your Kid Becomes a Victim of Bullying
— This isn’t going to be a fun post. I’m angry and need to vent. Today my youngest daughter, a freshman in high school, was cyberbullied. It was a brutal attack that had all the makings of a high...
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Portrait of a Simple Man
— I’ve known some pretty important men in my lifetime. Doctors. Businessmen. Philanthropists. Men of high regard who built lives that most anyone would look at and say, “There’s a successful man.” My...
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When Your Kid Becomes a Victim of Bullying Part 2
— Until this week I never paid much attention to bullying. I’d never been bullied, I never bullied anyone, and so it was one of those things that make you cringe when you hear about it, but what can...
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Are Young People More Creative?
— Let me answer that up top—the idea that younger people are somehow more creative than older people is a fallacy. I’m older, I know. And no, I’m not just pleading relevance. There’s an actual reason....
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Coffee Shop
— Last week a friend called and asked me to coffee. He insisted on meeting that afternoon. “I think I’m going to leave.” he said. “Just pack a small bag and move away.” “What do you mean, leave?” I...
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Being Open to Serendipity
— Driving home from the park the other day I had a talk with the kids about the idea of serendipity. I told them how saw I four different people at the grocery store the day before who were wearing...
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A Tale of Two Sisters
— Somehow, somewhere along the line I got married. And then sometime after that, we had children. Two girls. Our daughters are a couple of years apart in age. They each have the exact same blood...
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Growing Up Strange
— Christmas came and went and as the sun set on the big day, we put our daughters on a plane to Houston to visit with my family. They’re there five days. It feels strange for a couple of reasons....
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