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Posts published in “Parenting”

Toss The Box

“I think about it everyday. I’m told I am not a good father. I married a person who is not in love with me. I have all these unopened boxes from my previous life that I move and drag around everywhere I go.”

I know him to be a great dad and even better human being. He was carrying boxes of suffocating guilt placed in his boat without his permission. They weighed on his heart and mind. Read More

Remembered

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Remembered

I do not want to be remembered.

I do not need a legacy of stone, statue of honor, grave marker, or memorial plaque.

I think I want to be missed. Read More

Getting My Act Together

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Getting My Act Together

“A warm breeze drifted across the dark porch as pungent cigar smoke curled up into the early evening.”

My oldest son and I were enjoying “guy time,” after dinner drinks and leisurely chit chat when he asked,

“Do you wish I’d get my act together, get married, have kids?” Read More