After 14 years together I suppose it’s easy to get into the routine, to forget about the small things, and for the little resentments to fester because we’ve gotten into a routine, because we’ve forgotten about the small things, and because we know life isn’t what we expected it to be. And then I blame … Continue reading Missing the Show
Dear Journal, I often run into people I don’t expect to run into, or in places I don’t expect to see them, and that’s okay, but it also means I have to shift my mindset, that I have to access those memories in which those people reside. Otherwise I’m left standing there going, “Um” until … Continue reading Dear Journal: Running Into You
I walked today for the first time in a long time — just walked. Maybe it’s the weather, or maybe it was just time, but I got out there with no destination in mind — me and my camera — seeing what I could find, but really just to get a breath of fresh air. … Continue reading A Breath of Fresh Air
Why do you think it takes someone dying for us to finally realize the brevity of life? I mean, we can be blissfully ignorant most times, can’t we? Someone we’ve known for our entire lives is someone we’ll know for the entire rest of our lives, or so we think without consciously thinking it. It’s … Continue reading Brevity of Life
“Write about a memory you have related to a campfire.” Oh the Laurel Lake Camp is the truest and the best, and we work real hard, and we never take a rest. And we have one yell, and we yell it all together. And it goes like this, “Laurel Lake forever!” Bum ba da dee … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #50
St. Peter’s greeted me twice, and I was blessed both times by the simplicity and the grandeur of such an intricate and intimate place. Such a hush came over the place between times of raucous laughter and rambling tour guides. It was in those times of quiet that I found the true beauty of such … Continue reading St. Peter’s
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