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We Do What We Know
He shot himself.
Right in front of his wife because he learned she was sleeping with someone else. Just a…
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It Gets Better
I read my text message and laughed out loud because my ex-wife wrote something funny.
One of my friends at…
The Pursuit of Happiness, Vol. 3
“Happiness comes in small doses, folks. It’s a cigarette or a chocolate chip cookie or a five-second orgasm. That’s it,…
Hope Changes Everything
In the aftermath of my wife leaving, sometimes I would sob like a small child.
I spent so many years…
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…
The Seaworthy Vessel
Uh-oh.
I could feel it rising in my chest. It makes your heart pound a little harder. It reminds you…
How to Be Hopeful, Vol. 2
Hope is most important when it feels hopeless.
I’m sure everyone’s rock bottom looks and feels a little different. Mine…
How to Be Hopeful
She would just smile and roll her eyes at me.
My pretty wife.
We’d be standing in the kitchen, or…
If You Could Only Choose One: Love or Marriage?
I’m pretty good at beating myself up.
If they awarded fighting championship belts for kicking one’s own ass, I’d be…
The Dead Birds
I have never stumbled on a dead body even though there are more than seven billion people on the planet.…
