missing tile gratitude

I once heard of a psychological phenomenon called “missing tile syndrome.” The idea is that if you walk...

grace

It’s a Saturday in September, and we’re moving my oldest son Aidan into Chicago on his 19th birthday....

redemption

Ten months ago today, I crashed. Riding my bike down a steep hill, approaching a highway with cross...

stress coping

The layers of abnormal are adding up. I’m snowblowing my driveway in the darkness before dawn—the whipping wind...

bucket list

Two months of quarantine. And counting. On a Thursday afternoon, I’m looking for new ways to feel alive,...

cancel everything

Cancel everything. When I read that headline in The Atlantic, it was my B.C./A.C. moment. Before Coronavirus. After...

resurrection

January 6, 2019 I share the last post of a blogging era in which I published on average...

loveable podcast episode 41

“Hope can be a beautiful thing, because it gives us direction and imbues our lives with a sense...

Tuesday morning. I awake with loud ringing in my right ear. I stick my finger in it. Wiggle...

new year's resolution

Last weekend, I hosted my first Christmas party as an employer. Okay, the truth is, I didn’t host...