Today is my birthday. I’m 36, which makes me closer to 40 than to 30. I have mixed feelings about this. But on this birthday, especially in light of recent events, I choose to focus on the positive. On Saturday, I had a fantastic day at Sea World with friends and family. Sunday, I finished [...]

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Cats, Kids and Love Part 1 can be read here. We’d been married five years when our daughter was born. At the time we lived in an apartment and had spent several months fixing up one of the rooms to be a nursery. Both of the cats were fascinated with what was going on. Our [...]

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People have different reasons for doing things. Obligation, money, pleasure, etc. I started writing semi-seriously back in college. I was a Communications major and whenever I had electives, I’d always check out the English and Literature courses to see what was available. I took an American playwright course, a couple of different creative writing courses, [...]

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The first bullet ripped through his gut. The second and third through his chest. Everything halted to slow motion as he collapsed to the beige linolium floor. The kid who shot him, stunned by his own actions, left the money on the counter and fled. The old lady who owned the store dialed 911. At [...]

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