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...
Daily Significance

Daily Significance

Over the last month or so, something was either asked of me or assumed of me, and it made me think, I need to write about this because those who aren’t in a current battle with grief don’t realize this. After Kim passed, many people would tell me, the...
One man’s treasure

One man’s treasure

,One thing I still cannot do almost two years later….. PURGE. I’m not being philosophical here. I’m not  talking about purging emotions or bad thoughts. I mean I literally cannot purge our home and get rid of all the clutter we are drowning in. If...