Grief is a funny thing.
I was driving the twins to school this morning when Queen’s “We will rock you“ came on the radio. It was about 30 or 40 seconds into the song when I was just hit with…
Tag: Life
Never Good Enough
Do you ever have that feeling that never quite reach where you want to be? For me, that feeling a fact of life. It was prompted this morning by a practical consideration. I’ve recently started…
Yet another love poem
Hasn’t everything already been written about love? I don’t know. You see, Love isn’t just about all flowers and shit. it ain’t about the dance, or the ring, it’s not about the house, or the…
Poem: Be a man
Smiling, gurgling, drooling baby. Mamma’s arms. Giggles and bubbles. Bouncing toys. Joyous love. Crayons and cracker jacks. What’s the surprise in the box? Jumpropes and softball. Caps and guns. Cowboys and Indians. Don’t cry.…
Shame, Fear, and Starting over
It’s been a long time since I’ve done much blogging of a personal nature. There are a variety of reasons for that, but the overriding one is that I’ve had major changes and transitions in…
Fall is here
My favorite time of year, and usually my most productive for writing!
Dirty Little Secret
So this afternoon I took a brief break from writing to check out blogs I follow, and I happened upon a post from Dan Pierce (Single Dad Laughing) called That’s Just Depressing. And it hit…
Crying out for life: bullying and teen suicide
The other night, I took my son to an information session at the Doubletree Hotel in Roswell, Georgia. We took Georgia 400 up to Holcomb Bridge Road, where we passed the apartments where I’d…
Ten Life Lessons I learned from my Awesome Kids
My last post, about racism and confronting it within ourselves, generated a lot of argument here on the blog as well as amongst my Facebook friends. This one is not so heavy. I want to…
Brief break
Taking a couple days off from blogging! I’ll be back. In the meantime, here’s one of my great and awesome kids, Amirah! She just got level 1 awards for solos in band tonight. Very proud…