Dear Darlings, Most fighters pilots are given nicknames – callsigns – by their fellow fight pilots. Callsign: Viper, Callsign: Charlie, Callsign: Maverick…you get the idea. I believe… Read more “Callsign: Red Five”

Dear Darlings, Today was Claire’s last first day of high school. This is the first of many lasts for her, Stan and me. I know we’ve sent… Read more “The Final Senior’s First of the Lasts”

Dear Zach, This picture represents the culmination of four years of hard work. Your hard work. You knew what you wanted and how you wanted to get… Read more “Four years”

Dear Darlings, On August 21, 2014 I wrote the following letter to Zach as he was getting ready to step out  of our house and into a… Read more “Sometimes I wish you were a jerk”

Dear Darlings,   This damn game is gonna be the death of me. I might even have a bit of an addiction to it. I play it… Read more “Bravery”

Dear Darlings,   I wrote this three years ago and published it quietly. The shame and embarrassment still roiled up inside. I am republishing now, with the… Read more “I am a survivor”

Dear Darlings, Sometimes people suck. Sometimes you wish a zombie apocalypse would just come and wipe out the idiots, the bigots, the hypocrites, the lazy, the mean…But… Read more “Maybe”