Every year, December 16th starts off pretty much the same way. I wake up like I do on every other day. And then a few seconds or a few minutes after I’m up, I remember. I remember exactly where I was, who I was with, and what I heard on that day in 1985 when my […]
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Crossroads, Chapter 2
On July 2, 2017, I made the decision to stop drinking. I wanted to share the story of how I came to this decision. In order to do that, I needed to go back to the beginning. If you missed those posts, you can catch up here: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 My brother […]
It’s Time To Mourn
Sometimes you need a few whacks in the head before something really starts to sink in. You know how Facebook’s “on this day” reminds you of all the things you commented on and shared every year before on that date? Two years ago exactly, I wrote a post about how I was struggling — “…My head is […]
This is a good story.
I have a story to tell you. It’s kind of two parts that eventually come together. Here is the first part… I have recently reconnected with an old friend from high school. We weren’t particularly close friends back then. He’s two years younger than me, and actually better friends with my brother who was in his […]
Well, that’s one way of looking at it.
Yesterday Number 4 came home with the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. I guess her teacher gave it to her to read. She was super excited to read it. I’m not sure why, really… It’s pretty sad, but I think she felt like it was more of a grown up book than she […]