Looking Back

Revisiting some of my favorite stories on medium.

Dear D/DJ/Danny-boy/Bubba/Daniel/Dan/MY BABY: As I write this, you sleep soundly in your crib. The noise machine brings the everlasting sound of running water to soothe you into dreams. If one day you have bed-wetting issues, I apologize for our decision to use this particular sound as a sleep-soother. …

every morning was peace every morning was a reminder of our losses every morning i exhaled walking out to the pasture with the dog every morning i wondered if it’d warm up every morning the fog would envelop and i could hear myself think every morning i would wonder if…

People tend to forget that the the apparent quick success stories on social media have nothing to do with the entrepreneurial reality — Yesterday, our team was invited to a gathering with one of our customers, where we celebrated the closing of a major deal that took years to close. You read right. Years to close. We’re used to long sales cycles, but this deal was harder to close than any other deal…

We Never Questioned Why —

The town was quiet but our young spirits never let the stillness set in. This place was our playground, our sanctuary, our time to live out all that imagination would allow us. The days were long and warm. …

Perhaps, I don’t deserve it… Where do I begin? I haven’t exactly had good luck when it comes to friendship. Well, no one is to blame. I had always been a quiet person, and whatever friends I did have, seemed to be more of a liability, than a friendship. In…

Metaphor Girl and the power of babystepping — I’m sharing this old post for 3 reasons. One, it’s a lesson from me to you about how things can get better. Two, it shows how low i was, and how my low now is much better than it was back then. …

Ps: Although I originally shared this post in January of 2023, for some reason I decided to schedule it to be reposted on a different day. As I reflect on this decision, it reminds me of the importance of timing and how it can impact our actions and decisions. Sometimes…