The older I get, the harder it is to mourn a life I didn’t have. -Me, today June 1, 2011 was also a Wednesday. I wouldn’t have known if I hadn’t checked the calendar just now. As I s...Read More
As someone who spends a lot of time in front of his computer, I was so pleasantly surprised to run across some really old pre-iPhone pix I snapped of Ken and me. The one above is dated 28 days after w...Read More
Dear Ken, I’ve thought about this day for a long time: what would feel like to have lost you for as long as I had you—just 10 years. How much would it hurt? And what would it mean? Anything? Every...Read More
It was a cold, rainy October night in 2014. I was snuggled up on my sofa in front of the fire–probably drinking wine–when there was a knock at my door. I had only lived there since January...Read More
I met a handsome stranger in a little neighborhood bar twenty years ago today. Twenty years! Ken’s and my paths crossed permanently on March 23, 2001. And the universe just wouldn’t let me...Read More
2021 seems to be the place where 2020 stored its momentum while it was having a nervous breakdown. Given the shit show of 2020, I’m pleasantly (and unpleasantly) surprised to see we’re act...Read More
I was shocked to realize the 10th anniversary of this blog was approaching. Though I’d long anticipated having a blog for years, the idea of this one turning 10 fell off my radar. Not surprising tho...Read More
Today marks the last day of my 22-year career journey at Accenture. It’s strange to think about a day when I won’t be getting up and logging on to Microsoft Teams to collaborate with my te...Read More
I’m underwater and my feet aren’t touching bottom yet. How much deeper can I go? My Journal – September 9, 2010 During the “now normal,” I’ve tried to connect more ...Read More
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then the face is the emotional barometer. Me, Just Now I remember first going out in public–to the grocery store, I think–and finding myself in a s...Read More