Frank A. Martin was my high-school girls varsity basketball coach. Coach Martin was a very interesting man. I think when people reflect on his character some of the leading…
I’d never been so thrown by a class assignment. Yet, there I sat, staring at a blank screen, waiting for the words to come as I tried to write my own obituary. I began with my name. I moved on to the “dash” part which would include: born on…dash…died. I chose not to…
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Throughout my life, I’ve always been an extremely reserved person. I was never comfortable with putting myself out there and couldn’t stand being forced into situations with people I didn’t know. Aside from being with close friends, I never really found my outlet to put myself out there while…
As a child of divorce, you go through many different phases. First, the blissful ignorance that you only understand as a child to a situation far beyond your mind’s capacity — you parents are splitting up and there’s nothing you can do about it. The second, the blame phase. “Is it my fault they don’t love…
When we are children we do not know what love actually is. We know that we love our parents and love any one related to us but the physical emotion behind it we do not fully understand.
If you knew my sister, Tarra, in high school, you would not be able to recognize her today.
My story about how I was forced to come to terms with my own selfishness, and a story about my mother.
A Stepping Stone
When a child is developing, the only fear is the unknown. As a child you fear what you cannot see. However, other situations are not as terrifying to a child as it is to an adult. A child has a sense of bravery that judgement takes away as you become an adult. This podcast discusses one of the first times I…