Recently, a friend asked, “what are you up to these days,” and I responded the same old same old, “same…
The napkin story, part 2
These Napkinisms have touched people in a lot of different ways. Some laugh. Some people cry. Some people share memories.…
The napkin story, part 1
I’m going to start blogging over at napkinisms.com. You should go there, because you will be able to read this…
GO DORES!
Football season starts in a couple of weeks, and I’m here now in front of God and everybody (that’d be all…
The story of our lives
Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about my father. I’ve written a lot of words about him,…
HAVE FUN AND EAT MORE ICE CREAM
Dear favorite people on the planet: Today is my birthday. I’m 43. That’s not old-old, But it’s old enough For…
Football, cigarettes & shampoo.
I wrote this post on this day in 2006. I thought I knew, but I really had no idea what…
A bad day at the ballpark.
After shakily grabbing my hand as we walked out of the ball park, my son looked up at me –…
#SomaliMovers
The moving company sent a couple of guys over to the house today to help us pack. They couldn’t have…
Newtown.
Last night Mom heard, “I don’t like the green stuff” and got mad. Dad half-listened to a story about an…