Eulogy


I’ve been typing and retyping and going back to the drawing board as I’ve tried to mentally sort out this past month. I feel like the creator of that one Green Day song, “Wake me up when September ends”, but replace ‘September’ with ‘January.’ I thought the tragedies might evade us this year after the…

happy holi–daze


Thanksgiving. Hanukkah. Christmas. New Year’s. It’s an existential dread to be in the holiday season yet again. I already bought into the scheme and already have my Christmas decor up and in its proper place. I hosted Thanksgiving without a hitch for the very first time. But man, am I zoning out through this chaotic…

Finding Light in Darkness


Sacrifice. Pain. Suffering. All parts of the human condition. We are meant to feel discomfort. Kyle is about 2-3 weeks out since being in the hospital on and off eight days for two back to back bowel obstructions that were able to resolve (both) without a surgery that would certainly cause more damage to him…