Life

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…
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The Milestones
Right after your wife leaves you and you’re crying and barely able to breathe, the only thing you want to…
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Faith Like a Child
Because I was an only child, I often found myself meeting and playing with new kids. No one cared about…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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The Unknown Soldiers
And the soldier marched. Twenty one steps. Always. At the end of the mat, he turns toward the tomb and…
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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…
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