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The Write Stuff: Lessons From the End of a Marriage
Their 10-year marriage ended with a text message.
A marriage she believed to be wonderful.
Then, one day, one week,…
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Sept. 11, 2001: A Reflection on Freedom
It’s the jumpers plummeting to their deaths that I’ll always think of first.
A half hour earlier, everyone in those…
Writer’s Block
I lose sleep over it.
Writer’s block.
Because this project matters to me. Other than my son and job, I…
“Be Still and Know that I am God”
God talks to me.
Not from a burning bush.
Not from the heavens above.
Not in my dreams.
Not through…
An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 3
I met a shitty husband last night.
And I liked him. First impressions go a long way with me.
And…
The Final Wedding Anniversary
Don’t roll your eyes.
I’m not gonna do what everyone thinks I’m gonna do.
Today does feel heavy, though. And…
“Do you want to have more kids?”
Someone just asked me that.
And I didn’t have an answer. But it feels like the kind of question worth…
Sure, Marriage Sucks; But Does it Have To?
My neighbor Ryan proposed to his girlfriend this week.
She said yes.
I live directly across the street. So I’m…
Fishing with Mandy, Vol. 2
I don’t want to walk this world alone. Like Caine in Kung Fu.
Most likely, I will one day be…
An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 2
There’s a huge difference between being “whipped” and being a man who puts his wife first.
Being whipped is cowardly.…
