Seeing Sunsets
People ask me why I write these stories, and my answer is always the same. Like being the first to see the streaking oranges and reds of a sunset,...
A Near Death Experience
My friends Trent and Cliff almost died at a traffic light. Both do maintenance at my school and cover the same shift, so quite often they’ll drive...
An Embarrassing Secret
Here’s a secret--a few weeks ago, I felt lonely. Sitting in the stands at a volleyball game, I told myself I liked sitting by myself. But...
To Fight or Not to Fight (Part 2)
Someone had to do something. The obnoxious laughing, the cussing was too much. My brother’s 13-year-old daughter looked back from her seat in front...
To Fight or Not to Fight–That’s the Question
My brother and I weren’t ready for it. Who would be? We were at a Christian concert for crying out loud. And the band performed right after a...
The Healing I Didn’t Know I Needed (Part 2)
After the suicide, I couldn’t see the broken pieces in me, much less put them back together. The fog of questions only darkened the path forward...
The Healing I Didn’t Know I Needed
Turns out, I’m a broken person. I’m one of those people, like so many of us, with wounds I don’t even know I have that fester beneath the surface. ...
Jim’s Secret
My friend Jim is 88 years old, and he’s a newlywed. Because he battles with parkinson’s, sitting is easier for him, so when we talked last Sunday,...
Crossing Whitewater
Jeremy looked down at his phone, sitting in the back of room 212, his brow furrowed. He had no words for anyone. His classmates busily flipped...
The Hard Choice
On a walk behind my house, my daughter Joy offered some wisdom. The birds sang, and the sun slowly set in oranges and yellows behind Pikes Peak. ...