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A License to Live
Within the first week of getting my driver’s license in 1995, I let a woman with two children in her…
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Maybe If We Don’t, We Die
When your marriage fails and you’re in your thirties and you have a child, you freak out.
First, your wife…
The Milestones
Right after your wife leaves you and you’re crying and barely able to breathe, the only thing you want to…
Faith Like a Child
Because I was an only child, I often found myself meeting and playing with new kids.
No one cared about…
I Don’t Want to be a Divorce Blogger
I don’t know what to write about.
I don’t just mean right now, even though that’s also true. I mean…
The Search for Answers: ‘My Husband is an Asshole’
Maybe she was a housewife home alone. Maybe she was crying.
“My husband is an asshole,” she typed into Google.…
Finding Yourself After Divorce (and Other Trauma)
When you first get divorced, everything feels wrong.
Virtually every facet of your life changes overnight and your brain and…
A Vacation From My Problems, Vol. 2
I’ve been away because I went on vacation and had fun and neglected this space and other life responsibilities.
It…
The Unknown Soldiers
And the soldier marched.
Twenty one steps. Always. At the end of the mat, he turns toward the tomb and…
Thermometers vs. Thermostats: You Don’t Have to be a Bystander
The black smoke was unmissable against the stark gray backdrop of winter.
Something on the back of an RV had…