My Eyes Are Up Here (Thank you very much)

I have had a bad habit when I meet someone and I am hoping to break it this year. Often times, when I first see someone or meet somebody, my eyes divert to the finger on their hand closest to their pinky – you know the one, the “ring” finger. I’ll even check the right

Uncertainty – the only certainty.

“…no one know our stories – not even ourselves.”

Why are Marriage & Divorce So Separate?

..we would no longer so unrealistically separate the human condition which draws us into a commitment from that which may tell us it is finally time to move on.

Losing Custody of My Doodle

Of all the things that was the strangest over the past three years of living through the hell of divorce and separation, it was the cessation of something I have done for as long as I can remember that has struck me the most. I stopped doing it when, now I realize, it probably would

A Most Significant February

I am much better off with knowing than not knowing, even if the knowing is not good.

Emotional Storage

With baggage, you can compartmentalize or hopefully, discard all together, but storage? You’re in for the long-term, brothers and sisters!

The Kids Who See Me Through

I am a very lucky man because there is nothing more affirming than seeing your own children exhibit behavior that is selfless, resolved and decisive…

PENS (Premature Empty Nest Syndrome)

My struggle has been with how to connect outside of 10 minute FaceTime chats or at least deal with those days that are more difficult.

The Virtue of Cat Pee

Haley Joel Osmet saw dead people everywhere in The Sixth Sense. I smell cat pee everywhere – my hoodie, the family room, the waiting room at the doctor’s office.

On Wedding Anniversaries

Today is an anniversary of what started out as an early step in the journey of my two kids.