Life

In the Trailer Park with Elise and a Deaf Man
I lived in an Iowa trailer park. Mom always called it a “mobile home,” and fondly remembers it as being…
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The Best Relationship Advice I Know: Give More Than You Take
There are three common reactions to my ‘An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands’ series, and I hate two of them.…
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The Book Project, Vol. 2
You probably think I’m procrastinating. (And you’re technically correct.) But in the context of my life, things are right on…
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How to Scare Bruce Lee and Get Awesome at Stuff
I remember looking at the non-alphabetized letters on the keyboard and being amazed that people knew how to type fast.…
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A Response to “Hey Internet: Stop Trying to Inspire Me”
Jamie Varon published a four-minute read that rose to the top story on Medium where I saw it today. It’s…
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No Place Like Home
When you live somewhere far away from your hometown or a place with many friends and family, and then get…
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I’m Not Special and It’s Okay
I’m going to die and no one will care. I don’t mean “no one,” like zero people. Maybe someone will…
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Waiting for Next Time
One of the hardest parts of divorce is coping with the realization that you have to start over. Aside from…
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What If You Did It This Way?
Maybe he thought I was being a silly liberal hippy when I said all anyone really wants is to be…
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A Funny Little Thing
Because of work stuff, I can’t write today. Soon (tomorrow?) I’m going to tell you about the time a clinical…
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