Leaving Our Legacies

Leaving Our Legacies

Recently I had been going through a lot of my wife’s high school and middle school keepsakes. She saved all of her awards and report cards, some projects, and some of her stories she wrote. I love it because between the thousands of photos and videos I have of...
Starting again.

Starting again.

It has been a little while since I have been back here writing. 2021 was a year of continued change and adversity. After Kim passed in 2019, I spent a few months out of work before returning. During that time away I spent every minute during the day planning and...
Round 3

Round 3

Here we go again. Holidays are approaching. The first major one for us is always Halloween. This is for a few reasons. It was the first holiday after my wife’s passing, but it was also during our favorite season. We loved the fall and all of the fall...
Fall forward

Fall forward

July 22nd. That was the last time I wrote on here. It is October 7 right now, and in two days it will be Oct 9th. The 2 year anniversary of my wife’s passing. I swear, over the last two years it is almost like time lost all meaning. Years often seem to fly by in...
Insecurity.

Insecurity.

I had never even had stitches in my life, let alone surgery, but in 2017, my doctor told me I should have my gall bladder removed. Ava was almost 3 and we had a lot going on. Of course, those were excuses. I was scared. I found a specialist who went along with me that...