“Dad, why do some people go to hell?” “Uh, well, um… How did you even hear about that place?” See what I did there? Instead of answering her question I turned it around and asked her one instead. It’s not great parenting, granted, but it did give me some time to think about what my … Continue reading Friday Top 5: Kid Questions
What will they do next? Apparently some genius decided to create an app for smartphones that demands users throw their phones as high into the air as they possibly can. The app monitors the height the phone reaches, and compares it with the height of others around the world who are also using the app. … Continue reading Send Me To Heaven
I hate being outside. Quite literary. It is an abhorrent enterprise, if you ask me, but I do it when I have to, when there is no other alternative to being outside. Getting married and having kids will do that sometimes, but I still try to avoid it when at all possible. This morning I … Continue reading The “Great” Outdoors
This older couple stopped me today while I was working at Target. “What is this Cartwheel thing?” the tall, white-haired man asked me. “Well, Cartwheel is an app that you can download that allows you to get a percentage off of certain items,” I answered, all professional-like. “Because we were at the vacuums and we … Continue reading A Conversation
“Sometimes these cuts are so much deeper than they seem. You’d rather cover up. I’d rather let them bleed. So let me be, and I’ll set you free.” ~Maroon 5 Large cities often get a bad rap, but on some level they can all be separated into sections that might as well be small villages. … Continue reading Connections
“I am colorblind. Coffee black, and egg white. Pull me out from inside. I am ready… I am fine.” ~Counting Crows Deep inside of each of us is a colorblind child waiting to take control once again, but it is a child who will go begging. Something about this world inevitably changes us from the … Continue reading Colorblind
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