Category: writing

  • Bird Wisdom

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series I’ve always considered myself a man’s man. I grew up in Wyoming and was raised by cowboys and ranch hands, near a town that was brimming with blue collar workers. My father died when I was small, and my mother was as tough as nails. She took over the…

  • Mothers & Daughters

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series I worried about Delilah when she was young. After Ben, Dizzy and David’s foster son, moved away to be with his father, she moped around for an entire summer. When she went back to school, I was pleased to see that the moping had stopped – but there was…

  • Breadcrumbs

    Breadcrumbs

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series The story of my first crush is a little weird. I was twelve, and about as wild as they come. Not in a bad way, really. I just had this boundless energy that drove people nuts. I’ve always had it, even when I was a small child.  My parents…

  • Trouble in Paradise

    Trouble in Paradise

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series It’s not necessarily a good thing when the people you love think too highly of you. Dizzy always did, but that kind of changed the night of the spin the bottle game – when I broke down and told her that I had just as many fears as she…

  • Winning

    Winning

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series My parents were practically flawless, but they experienced some really rough years, financially, just after I finished high school.  My father was sick and tired of trying to climb the corporate ladder. He worked his ass off, but was always overlooked when it came time for promotions – due…

  • Circle of Life

    Circle of Life

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series Having a child is the ultimate game changer. No matter how crazy or mixed up life may be, it finally starts to make sense, and you’re able to grasp a hold of this concrete, unwavering sense of the reason you exist – to keep your child safe. When I…