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Nov 24, 2021

‘A Lesson to be Applied’

I’m finding myself caught up in pop culture anniversaries of late. A lot of flashpoints of my formative years are hitting 20, 25, 30 years old. With those, memories flood back surrounding the purchase of those CDs or watching those movies. No Code isn’t such a consequential album in the…

Grief

10 min read

Feb 3, 2019

The Matt Effect and The Cycles of Life

The only time the Rams won the Super Bowl was on January 30, 2000. It stands out for me, not only as a St. Louisan, that instance being during their time here, but because it was one of the last times I spent with my brother, Matt. I had some…

Death

5 min read

Feb 3, 2016

Why I Shave for St. Baldrick’s

My brother, Matt, would’ve been 30 today. Just 18 days after his 14th birthday, he passed away on February 21, 2000, in a hospital bed from complications due to Wegener’s Granulomatosis (now Granulomatosis with polyangiitis or GPA), a form of Vasculitis which annihilated his lungs and kidneys beyond any control…

Childhood Cancer

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