Lessons of a life lived thankfully.
What happened America? This photo showed up on my Facebook timeline the other day, and for the first time in a long time I physically shook my head and rolled my eyes in contempt at my computer screen. After gathering myself and deciding against a mini-social media tirade/melt-down, I took a deep breath and contemplated …
Sometimes I find myself rolling my eyes at my computer screen. Okay, not just sometimes...often. I'm constantly shocked by how openly people complain/moan/whine/whinge online - about such trivial, boring things. I wonder, quite often, if these openly morose social media souls are like this in real life. And I hope they're not. Because, my god …
Sometimes I wonder about people. Most of the time I wonder about specific people - people I know well, know of, or would like to know better. More often than not, I wonder about strangers. About all of us. Humanity as a whole. Because, no matter how hard we work at differentiating ourselves from …
Some words for my cousin, who was laid to rest beneath the Missouri ground today. Hey Brad, I’ve written this as quickly as possible – because the longer I think about you being gone, the harder it is to accept. The harder it is to keep myself from breaking down in tears. The harder …
