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”
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Sometimes I wish you were a jerk
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”
Bravery
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”
Inclusion – not tolerance
Dear Darlings, A couple of weeks ago a disgusting and awful event took place at Zach’s old middle school. It was a terrible combination of bullying,… Read more “Inclusion – not tolerance”
Humbled
Dear Darlings, Last week I published one of the toughest blogs I’ve ever written. Fear ran up and down my entire being as I hit the… Read more “Humbled”
I am a survivor
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”
Maybe
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”
Soar, Little Eagle, Soar!
Dear Darlings, We just dropped Lucas off at the University of Mary Washington. This is the letter that my heart wrote in the still hours of the… Read more “Soar, Little Eagle, Soar!”
My heart is full
Dear Darlings, The packing is complete. The target bags full of notebooks, pens, pencils, toiletries, snacks and his very first set of “dishes” stand ready for departure.… Read more “My heart is full”
Oh, the places they’ll go
Dear Darlings, Word has spread amongst those of us who blog…the end of the personal essay is here. I was wondering why my material had dried up.… Read more “Oh, the places they’ll go”
