Hope

  • Three years ago…

    It’s Sept. 21 2004. Three years ago at this time, the world was still recovering from 9/11, yet somehow life had moved on. Three years ago at this time, my own life had moved on, and another event was about to change my life. The two events will always be tied together in my mind,…

  • New link

    I got an email this morning from Neil Ahern, author of a book titled AN INCH FROM MURDER My Life As A Male Victim Of Sexual Child Abuse. That link will take you to an explanation of the book and of Neil himself, but he has also started up a weblog which, in his words:…

  • Been away

    I haven’t been updating here as much as I would like to, but hopefully now that Angela’s feeling better, life can get a little bit back to normal! Who knew a little virus could create such havoc in our lives? 🙂 I can tell you that while she gives me a lot of credit for…

  • Home again

    Made it home again safely. I’ve put together a gallery of pictures from the vacation here, hope you enjoy them! As if to remind me of why it’s important to enjoy these things in your life while you can, I returned home to news that one of my roomates from way back in my college…

  • Full body smile

    My wife has a description of what we call my neice’s “full body smile”, and she’s right. It’s something that far too many adults don’t know how to do anymore. We’ve really lost the ability to simply feel the unbridled joy of a particular moment. We tend to think of people who do it as…

  • TypeKey

    As I discussed over on the tech side of things, I’m keeping a close eye on the new version of Movable Type and the TypeKey plan to combat comment spam. Given the content of this site, I’m very concerned about anonymity and the ability of folks to comment, but at the same time I’m concerned…