Boys Will Be Boys

The origins of boyhood masculinity

The Men in My Life.

I sometimes wonder what it means to be a man: and what it means for me to simply have an understanding of my own…

The Ladder

Little steps in peace

How To Be A Man

Part 1

On March 30th, 2014 I turned 30 years old.

The Last Time I Saw my Father

The last time I saw my father was September 13, 2011, when I was fourteen. I know because I had written in…

You Don’t Have to Go It Alone

How my father dealt with dying

God will Break your Dishes

A Lesson in Forgiveness

My father’s book

When I went home for the holidays I saw a book sitting in a pile of stuff by the foot of the sofa. I can’t remember the exact name, but it was something like, “How to Father a Successful Daughter.”

The Eyes That Stare

A woman’s letter to her Father reclaiming her own body.