When I was in New York , my mom called me from Cleveland and asked me about some rude guy from a comic shop who was asking for his Strat-o-matic baseball cards back so he could complete his collection.

I told her that he was a jerk but if she could find them, she could give them back to him.

I told her where I thought they were and she returned sheepishly later telling me that she had thrown that box away since she thought it was junk.

Sometimes life just stands still… There are moments that you wish you could change. I’ve had those moments in my life in the past. I’ve made bad choices, been too impulsive, lied to myself to make me feel that I wasn’t getting used. But sometimes the only way that life can move on if you [...]

My brain works a thousand miles an hour but when you are directing traffic, everything goes where it needs to be. My soul has been hurting until you came along and smoothed over the rough and sharp portions of it, tailoring it to what we BOTH needed. My heart had been lost, without fire or [...]

I’ve been weeding my life lately.  I’m someone that doesn’t let go of things easily. Recently I’ve been lucky to start letting things in my life , well just go like a dandelion in the wind. Now in the past I’d be letting all the wonderful dandelions begat more dandelions, but it just isn’t happening [...]

There are plenty of people in this world that I know are cheating. Cheating on their wives, jobs, poker etc. But the worst are those who “claim” that they “didn’t read the rules” or that they “just didn’t know”. They try and find every advantage that they can get so that they can cheat. And [...]

People say I am a nice man, a good soul, but there was a time when I was dark and filled with hatred. It has been 6,941 days since my life changed forever. But I’m getting ahead of myself. All great stories have a beginning and an end.  Let’s start at the beginning. My dad [...]