Category Archives: General Thoughts

I’ve been forging my way through therapy for almost two years now. I’ve been writing about sexual abuse for even longer. Since most new visitors to this site have a difficult time reading in reverse-chronological order, much less understanding what … Continue reading →

A gut-wrenching week for sports, for football, and for Penn State University.  But, this story is not about sports. It’s definitely not about football. It’s not even about Penn State. This story is about a changing of the guard. It’s … Continue reading →

Life is like a good suspense film. As soon as you think you have things figured out, just as you unravel the mystery and whisper your theory to the person next to you- you find out that you had things … Continue reading →

I am the moment he forgot his ex girlfriend’s name.  I am the first step out of a wheelchair. I am a deep breath. I am pushing the stick forward and applying full right rudder. I am twelve steps. I … Continue reading →

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One challenge resting in the pile of challenges I face is to improve my ability to deliver compliments, whether to myself or to others. I’m very hard on myself, and it carries over to my expectations of others, especially those closest … Continue reading →

Every child who grows up in a military family knows what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. You spend two years at a school, just long enough to gather some close friends and make a name for yourself, … Continue reading →

I’m a guy who falls when nobody is looking. I can trip on anything. I can even trip on nothing, usually pulling a small muscle I never knew I had, and then walking it off pretending like nothing happened. I’m … Continue reading →

“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or … Continue reading →

I read somewhere once that when a childhood sexual abuse survivor goes through the recovery process, their anger transitions as they recover. The anger transitions from being directed towards themselves, to then being directed towards the people who should have protected them … Continue reading →

I pulled my van up to Eva’s house this morning, right on time. I was eager to see my close friend. For the last six months, I haven’t been able to get to Wednesday without thinking about Eva, hoping she was … Continue reading →

Ah, alas. Fall is finally….falling. This summer felt like the time I rented the movie Ishtar. Hot, slow, and not funny. But, finally, the new television seasons are beginning, my jeans are back in my dresser, and football season is upon us. … Continue reading →

In 1998, when our squadron got back from a six month deployment to the Middle East, I still had about a year with the squadron before my tour was up.  Between workups and deployment, I had spent eleven months on a big … Continue reading →

Labor Day is one of those holidays that I always enjoy, but I have never fully understood. Who are we celebrating again? Oh, right…us. What did we do again? Oh, right….we went to work and built an enterprising country. How … Continue reading →

About six years ago I decided to go back to school and get an MBA. The decision to saddle myself with debt and learn the ways of the business world was made from as much disorientation as it was from … Continue reading →