because everyone should care what I think…
I've been married for 304 days. That's almost a full year for anyone keeping score at home. In the past year I've moved across the country, made a bunch of new friends and learned how to call a new place home. I've been stretched and challenged for sure, but I've also experienced moments of pure …
This one is a strange one for me. In one sense, it's not like I'm losing my family but in another sense it feels like I am because of one very big change. See, for as long as I can remember the idea of family has been synonymous with one thing. This house- This is …
Next Sunday morning, I'll board a plane and fly into my future in Portland, Oregon. I'm tremendously excited for that future, for all it entails and who I'll be spending it with. I'm leaving good for better. Even so, I wanted to take this final week to reflect on all that I'm leaving behind and …
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It happened again today. I was trying to click on something on my screen and I clicked in the wrong place. As I wiggled my cursor around, I realized how sluggishly it was moving. I'd seen this before and knew exactly what it meant. It was time to pop the trackball out and do some …
And you’ll realize that this person you’ve been missing because they’ve been gone is still very much a part of you. That you are, somehow, the culmination and completion of their life’s work. That everything they were is now somehow a part of you too. And you’ll celebrate that inheritance, flaws and all. You’ll look …
I don't really follow basketball. As such, I really had no idea who Monty Williams was when I saw this headline: Monty Williams Calls For Forgiveness In Powerful Speech At Wife’s Memorial Service. But it's early, I'm bored and forgiveness isn't a theme that usually gets much press on Deadspin, so I clicked over to read …
Because of the current controversy around Starbucks' coffee cups, I thought it was time for some introspection. Before I can look at the speck in their eye, I decided to examine the plank in my own. So, just how Christian were my coffee cups? I decided a thorough examination was in order so I pulled …
