As a Christian, one of the things I struggle with is when you try and work things out with someone when they refuse to meet you any part of the way (let alone half.) What's worse, these people take the things you do and twist it, or outright lie about it, and then tell others about it who don't even [Read More]
Faith
Happy Father’s Day With Poetry
You know, sometimes I forget it's Father's Day. My adoptive father died years ago, and as I've said many times here, he was an abusive alcoholic. While my relationship with my adoptive father wasn't the best, I did have great relationships with both of my grandfathers. [Read More]
My This I Believe Essay is Four Years Old
Seems hard to believe that my "This I Believe" essay has just turned four! I'm happy to report it's still the fourth most popular essay, which is just amazing to me. When I first wrote this essay, I submitted it online, didn't hear anything more about it, and promptly forgot about it. Then several [Read More]
Being Grateful for Everything… Even the Bad Things
If you had the chance to delete the most painful memories from your mind.... would you? If you could easily take a pill and have it selectively delete any evidence of negativity and harm from your mind, leaving only positive, happy memories... would you be the first in line? [Read More]
