• “I regret to inform you…” The words I never wanted to see on the e-mail I had been anxiously waiting on. “Fail” A feeling of rejection washed over me as the monosyllabic word glared at me from the screen after I clicked “submit”. “I’m sorry…you didn’t make the team.” My daughter, crushed, from hearing those […]

  • “Are you ready?” “Yes, Dad. I’m ready.” He was moments away from walking me down the aisle and giving me away. I can’t imagine how he was feeling. It must be quite daunting to let go of your daughter, yet fulfilling, to know you’ve done everything you can to raise your little girl into the […]

  • You know when you are watching a movie and the character is about to go out in the woods…at night…when it’s storming…and the bad guy is out there waiting for them…and you want to just yell at them,  “STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!”.  It seems so obvious that they shouldn’t go but they do. I kinda have that moment […]