Let’s start with fads and fashion, as we all shake our heads. But seriously… In the beginning, our parents take care of us, and eventually, the roles reverse as we care for them. Stocks go up and then, inevitably, they go down. We love hard and then we fall harder. Our bodies fearlessly and relentlessly … Continue reading
“Do not tell me that this is the truth. I ask about many details and they don’t add up. You can make things appear as though they are, but it is the furthest from what is going on.” I hang up the phone. Smoke and mirrors first came about as a magic trick by Schropfer, … Continue reading
In platform diving, we do so many somersaults, 10 meters in the air… we use a strategy called ‘spotting’ in order to prevent us from losing track of where we are and where we are going. For every somersault you complete, you have a point of reference that reminds you that you are ok and … Continue reading
It’s amazing the paralyzing effect that a deafening silence can have. Senses heightened, I can hear the things I cannot see, I can feel the things I cannot touch. And it’s overwhelming. A state of confusion, as all the signs, slap me in the face. There is logic and reasoning juxtapositioned with emotion and intuition. … Continue reading
A good parent has a routine. Their children clean up after themselves and like clockwork, they shower, brush their teeth and put themselves to bed as they read the latest award-winning children’s book before dreaming of college and curing the latest macro-scale virus. Damn. I stare at the cookie crumb laying on the floor. It’s … Continue reading
Breathe, is what I told myself. Isn’t that what everyone says to a person who looks like they are standing on their tippy-toes at the bottom of a lake while they slowly sink underwater into the mud. Just breathe. Ironic. With one deep breath, you would swallow, ultimately, what would take you down. I can … Continue reading
A couple years ago, I sat in a potty training seminar at my daughter’s daycare center. It was interesting, she was my second child and yet there was this one major detail that I had missed in potty training my eldest. You see, a child has a hard time going #2 in the potty. There … Continue reading
I behold her 