Once Upon A Time

It was my third high school. I was sitting in Auto Shop Class. It was the only elective available for someone who transferred mid-semester. Mr Lingenfelter was talking about draining…
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Look At the Moon, He Said

I don’t really know what to say that hasn’t already been said. There was a night when the moon was full. Its light danced with the water just so. I…
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Red Puffy Jacket

Being back home I find my brain taking me back to little moments on our recent trip. TGB’s retirement tour 2019. The boy on a field trip with his class…
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Six Years

I might finally have enough internet to get back to this regularly. I have a lot of thoughts, but today I am fixated on the one thing: sobriety. Six years…
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I Guess I Was Off By One Day

Yesterday I posted that it was the four year anniversary of us closing on Chez Martinez – our home in Mexico Beach. Facebook just reminded me that today is the…
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The storm has passed

Apparently we’ve had some weather in Mexico Beach. Our house is standing, but it is battered and bruised. I like to think Chez Martinez whispered to Hurricane Michael, do your…
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Everything has chains

That ^ guy     My best friend is cooler than yours. My best friend took me to see Pearl Jam. In Seattle. Your argument is invalid. I went into the…
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I was just thinking

I met a young airman yesterday. He has two dogs and two cats but, he wants a lot more. He casually mentioned that his husband won’t let him get more…
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Thoughts after another suicide

It’s a weird thing, suicide. It’s like you decide, okay, this is where my story ends. And then the rest of the world you built gets to clean up the…
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