We got back from Norway and plunged back into our lives of work, technology, and navigating human relationships. It’s strange coming back...

Before Reading, please be mindful that I share this because I want to help people, and I have found that telling stories connects others....

“My country ride was good for me. To see the brightness of the colors. To listen to you and Carl talk. It is sad that you have to be told...

Let’s face it, nobody wants to actually talk about suicide. In fact, they are even afraid to say the word. We love to use the word...

“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.” ― Helen...

We returned from Norway recently. A trip I shared in photos and reels on social media, showing the beauty of the place. In June, we went...

It has been twenty-years since I lost my friend, David, to suicide. Over the years, I have written about this experience, trying to...

Anniversary dates. When you are grieving for someone you miss beyond comprehension, they hit you hard, especially that first year....

Anniversary dates either bring tears, laughter, or both. At times, they can bring that person’s death to the surface and stack them on...

I now think back to the past three years and see that some of the things that took place happened for a reason. What is the saying,...

One year ago my brother and I sat with my mom at her last appointment with her oncologist. We were told she had about two months to live....

I had a former student reach out to me this morning. It is not unusual for me to get messages from young people I once taught, but this...

I have thought about death often, for the past twenty-nine years, since I was twenty-five. 1995 was the year my father, my nemesis for...

There is something that happens when you reach your forties, fifties, and sixties. You start to either see your parents' age, and the...

I miss her southern accent. The phone calls would come every other day, sometimes a voicemail, but when I could pick up I would say, “Hey...

My students were graduating on June 4th and I wanted to leave them with a few words. I’ll be the first to admit, a few words can be...

There will come a time when I will say goodbye to this world that I now occupy space in. I do hope I get to drain as many years as I can...

I saw her dark eyes through the gate of the Humane Society Kennel. She looked up at me silent, almost patient, observing me as I observed...

I entered the trail to summit the mountain on a Colorado, August day. Alone, I set out on the path, a younger man of thirty. Where did my...

Do we need to ask if God exists when we can feel the bark of a tree and know it is true? I once felt the need to call myself an atheist,...