You are what you eat. Or so the old saying goes. And now it feels like you are what you quarantine. Dark chocolate chips. Red wine. Binge watching Netflix. Injuries. Scones. Smoke all around. Sadness. Not to mention all the actual problems in the world that aren’t going away any faster than Covid is...
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There are lots of things we don’t control in life. Global pandemics. People wearing masks down under their noses. Trends like Mac n’ cheese on/in your sandwich. And there are greater inevitabilities that will continue no matter how hard we resist, like the sun setting/rising, the seasons changing, and growing older. It can almost...
Continue readingHow To Suck At Writing: A Bottom Ten List
1. Just don’t write 2. Have cool ideas and then don’t bother to write them down 3. Tell yourself it has to be perfect 4. Scroll through Instagram for two hours instead 5. Eat a bowl of cereal when you have some “free time” 6. Care what other people think about your writing 7....
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The only cure for boredom is invention. You can’t wait for the cool stuff to happen or for direction from someone else. Change is a builders best friend. Your mentality has to be “ill do it myself.” Doesn’t mean you won’t bring others with you. But that you won’t wait for the things you...
Continue readingWhat Should I Write About
It doesn’t always have to be a story. What should I write about? If I have to ask that question am I even a writer? Does it even matter when my wife is in the next room struggling to get our three year old to sleep. So much uncertainty. Worry. Like swallowing a whole...
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Oh boy is parenting hard. The overwhelming worry. The crying. Disrupted sleep. Lack of alone time. It’s an all day all life job. But. There is something about being a parent that makes every single bit of the good and ugly and hard absolutely worth it. Something. Everything. I watch my boys grow. Crawl....
Continue readingLove At All Costs
Reflection is greater than judgement Consider rather than dismiss Gentleness is better than aggression Anger is necessary but not when it’s meant to hurt, only to defend and protect Create space rather than placing limits Remember but don’t dwell Forge ahead even when it feels impossible Love at all costs, always, with everything you...
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A thousand kisses on your cheek Are not enough Endless and infinite is the love I have for you I hope you feel it I wonder at you I marvel, how can you be? I know you’re not perfect but you’re so wonderful it astounds me Luck doesn’t even begin to convey what I...
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We are all hard in some ways. To expect smooth edges only is unrealistic. It’s often not the expectations of others that we fail to live up to but our own. Which is why it’s so hard to be kind to ourselves. And even more important why we should. For every wrong I also...
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Slightly drunk. Open minded. Listening. Talking. Big ideas. Learning. The world full of possibility and growth. Young and eager. Hours and hours of discussion. Rambling topic to topic. Change is possible and craved. Hardening. Closing off. Holding on to things. Right. Wrong. Me. You. Us. Them. Proving. Ignoring. Justifying. Arguing. Stagnation. Isolation. Death. Waste....
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