Full credit for the original idea behind this goes to my fourteen-year-old child, Aproseco. He also goes by A, for those who find his full name hard to pronounce and doesn’t mind the nickname A. …

Full credit for the original idea behind this goes to my fourteen-year-old child, Aproseco. He also goes by A, for those who find his full name hard to pronounce and doesn’t mind the nickname A. …

But Goddammit…Here We Go — I really don’t want to be writing right now. I just finished editing on a piece for my child, helping him in his journey to establish his own blog. Four thousand words of editing. The child has my gift for long-winded writing? I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I…

Why We Need to Stop Obsessing About “Where Did We Go Wrong” — A common theme I see online is “what would you do if you could go back and change…” The details vary, from a quick conversation with your younger self to going back and making a change at some pivotal moment in your life, even to the extreme degree of going…

A Reflection on Society Under the Rule of Social Media — “We’re here for the free birthday sundae.” The employee smiles, “How old is your son today?” “He’s six.” He is only just learning to speak so that others can understand him. …

How Lovely Is Your Branch — Our first Christmas as a family happened only three months after we had gotten into a place of our own, after nearly six months homeless. We had gifts, because…well, I’ll leave the bitterness out, but people love to show generosity at Christmas and then put it on the shelf for…

Oh, don’t look in there, you might not like what you find. — Original Story Written to a Prompt in r/WritingPrompts Original Prompt Credit: u/Nammawm Original Prompt: “Honey, there’s no monsters in your closet but I’m locked inside so can you please go find Mommy to let me out?” …

And Why It’s a Terrible Thing for Just About Everyone — “That’s not professional!” The words ring in your ears. Can you ever fit their definition of professional? The truth is, no, you can’t, because professional was defined at a time when the only acceptable mental image of “professional” was a white middle-aged man with a wife and 2.3 …

Spoilers: It’s Generosity and How We Lose It — I’ve known my mental state is…well, we’ll say, “not good,” for a while now. More times than I can count in recent memory, I have unlocked my phone, looked through notifications, on a form of autopilot, looked through the games, sat staring at my phone for a few seconds to…