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One Year Later, Vol. 2
I’m back in Illinois, where my father lives and where I typically visit twice a year to catch up with…
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One Year Later
A year ago, I was crying at least once a week.
Drinking all the time, because distracted fun was the…
A New Page on Shitty Husbands
Because my An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands posts continue to be the most-popular things on this blog, I decided…
We Write the Stories
“People tell you who they are. But we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them…
The Seaworthy Vessel
Uh-oh.
I could feel it rising in my chest. It makes your heart pound a little harder. It reminds you…
The Single Dad Writer — A Tipsy Lit Guest Post
My son is gone half the time.
But he’s really gone more than that. Because he attends school or daycare…
The Moments
It was a slow death.
Not a major trauma—like a shooting or stabbing—that killed the marriage.
More like a terminal…
Unfit for Fatherhood
The baby wouldn’t come.
Push.
My wife was in pain. There was a large audience of doctors and nurses. I…
The Heaviest Laundry
I pulled the sexy underwear from the dryer.
Black.
Lace.
Hot.
It had been months since I’d touched her. But…
The Storm
My phone made a sound I’d never heard before.
I picked it up and looked at the screen. Tornado warning.…
