When I was a nine-year-old kid living on a farm in central PA, my friend and I ran down the long lane past the apple tree and pear tree and cherry tree, across the empty back road, and into the …
What I Saw in My Son’s Eyes When He Was Nearly Pinned
It was Sam’s second wrestling match of the tournament. He had won his first after three hard-fought periods, but the second match, it was a tough one. The other kid took him down quick and nearly had …
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Back in the Uber and Lyft Saddle Again
She said things didn’t work out well for her in Alabama, that she needed a fresh start. It didn’t sound like her parents were very receptive to her moving back in with them, so she stayed with a …
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Losing Track of Sam at a Wrestling Tournament, and What He Did When He Heard My Voice
Another weekend, another wrestling tournament for our 9-year-old. He loves every minute of it, every take-down, every bruise, every pin. And I love to watch him wrestle. Before the tournament …
Four Types of People, and a Book You Need to Buy
If you're in the publishing industry for any amount of time, you will start to recognize several types of people. Let me sum just a few of them up for you here: 1) There is the type of person who …
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Believing Spring Will Come Again, Even When It’s Snowing
The sun shone beautifully, and it was only February, so we opened the windows and smelled the almost-spring and the end-of-winter and the first blue sky in a week. I had been in a fog this January. I …
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