You Were Better Than This World

We were so much older then. They found Jesse. I keep playing those words in my head and everything they don’t say. Was he lost? Yeah, the entirety of his…
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I Am Dying

Disclaimer: Before we go on please note, I am not talking about grief. That’s a whole different beast, one that effects those of us left behind by the dead. If…
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When I am 70

When I am 70 sign me up for the front lines. Don’t send the 19 year old getting started. No parent should have to lose their baby over the frivolities…
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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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