Well as of Saturday I am officially the parent of a teenager. These past 13 years have flown by at light speed and I can't believe I have only 6 summers left until my first-born heads off to college. Like with so many of us, I suppose, this journey has been filled with highs and … Continue reading Jayden’s Rite of Passage

My kids have grown up getting to spend a couple weeks each summer with their grandparents. I never did anything like that growing up, but both of my parents did and I know those are some of their most cherished childhood memories, so it's been special getting to watch my kids make those same kinds … Continue reading Joshua 2.0

27 years after walking onto a college campus for the first time, I am, once again, a student.    When I started college: The top song was "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. One of the top box office movies was Aladdin - the first one. Sales of CDs exceeded total sales of cassette … Continue reading So… I did a thing.

Almost half a year has passed since my last post. In some ways it seems like just a week has passed, and in other ways it seems like the last few months have flown by at light speed. We wrapped up a really great summer and the kids have started back to school and fall … Continue reading Storm Surges and Making It

Well here we are… the “last first.” It’s fitting that it’s a gray and rainy day. And it’s fitting that it’s Good Friday. If you look at “Good” Friday as a singular event, it’s not good at all. It sucks, to be blunt. The Man who was supposed to come and rescue us and provide … Continue reading The Last First

It's been said, "It's not happy people who are thankful, but thankful people who are happy." And so, as we celebrate the month of Thanksgiving, I'm going to focus on the things I'm grateful for. October was a rough month, if I'm being honest. The 30th was the one year anniversary of Corey's transplant - … Continue reading The Thankfulness Project

Fourteen years ago today I walked down the aisle to Louis Armstrong singing What a Wonderful World. Hearing that soulful voice croon the words: “I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...” it never entered my mind that … Continue reading And I Think to Myself…

Well we made it through the first week of a new school year, which means summer is officially over. Summer seemed to f-l-y by this year, which was maybe a little bit of a blessing and a little bit of a curse. I started the summer numb, if I'm being honest. School got out just … Continue reading Things I’ve Learned

I won't tell you how many partial posts are sitting in my "Drafts" box. Things I've started to say, things I've wanted to say, things I've tried to say, but things that have ended up lacking any kind of form. Words are still having a hard time finding form for me these days. It's getting better, … Continue reading Listening

Words are a funny thing. You can have a million of them running through your mind all at once, all dressed up with no place to go. So many words, all lacking any logical form or coherence, so that, if you did try to form some of them together in an attempt to answer all … Continue reading Words