Being tired as a grown up is a sign that you matter. You’ve created a life where you’re needed.
A single father shares how being shaped by his nonverbal son and teenage daughter reframed what strength, love, and success really mean.
Category: Self Reflection
No Heroes, No Hypocrites
You’re not perfect. You’re not awful. You just are.
What Does A Heart Attack Feel Like?
It was as if my body was sounding an alarm.
Who I Am Without My Kids
To a person with children, that sentence can actually be pretty terrifying.
Waging Wars On Myself
I remember it all. Every trip and fall, every stumble down the low road, I have it all filed away in my head.
Smile Like You Mean It
Just as you can convince yourself that life is miserable, you can do the opposite.
Tearing Down The Walls
Had you told me five years ago that I would be writing this blog today, I would never have believed you.
Filling The Half-Empty Cup
Of course, if you asked, I would have told you I was a “realist”. That’s the term that someone uses to dance around the fact that they’re really a self-hating pessimist.
Life After Stress
Worrying never did anything for me. All it did was make the moments before uncertainty worse by filling me with impending dread.
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