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Hector
I wasn’t exactly one of them, but I totally understood thumbsuckers. Fairly sure I haven’t made this confession here before, but I used to suck my curled left forefinger long after it was appropriate...
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Legacy
So, here I am. Eldest son of two people who died in 2008—Mom in the spring, Dad in the fall. And while I realize I’m not the only person in the world to ever have dearly loved people die on them,...
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Backyard Incinerator
Death, then fire. That’s how my parents went out of this world. And likely I will too. It’s something I really try not to think about: how my earthly remains will be disposed of. And for good reason....
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Facing Goliath
“I cannot go in these,” David said to Saul, “Because I am not used to them.” —1 Samuel 17 Sunday, 5:00 p.m., Nov. 9, 2008: My girlfriend at the time, AJ, and I attended worship service at House of...
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Atonement
I got curious. Not like “curious strange” (although you might think so), but curious like “I’m wondering about…” Always a positive sign of my mental health. As I was wandering around the locker room...
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Wedding Bell Blues
My heart is just a blood-soaked pothole in someone’s back alley. Ah, love. It’s a many-mansplain’ed thing. Seriously, I’ve got nothing constructive to say about the institution of marriage. Or so I...
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My So-Called Decade
[Dear readers: I’m back from a hiatus in June due to a job transition and shake up that I’m happy to report turned out for the best. But it took a lot of my attention away from writing. I’m overjoyed...
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Jackie’s Boys
[Dear reader-friends: I’m back from a too-long hiatus over the summer of 2018, where I changed jobs and took a break from my planned 1990s posts here. It being the tenth anniversary of my parents’...
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