Personal Narrative
Artemis Saves the Day: A Rescue Dog’s Story
Artemis Saves the Day is a must-read for animal lovers and anyone who has ever felt judged by their appearance rather than their heart.
Memories of Leaving Home
When I think back on all the times we’ve relocated, I often return to Flemington, New Jersey. After we married, my wife and I lived in our first apartment on the second floor of an old house on Broad Street. It was a fun place to live as we were started our lives together. I … Read more
I Think I’ll Eat Some Worms: Poetry & Reflections
Those words stung a little bit. I didn’t know if it was a joke, because it was kind of funny eating worms and all, but it came off as pushing away.Â
Late One Summer: A Personal Narrative
My Summer in a Gospel Group We were a small Southern gospel group — more garage band than anything polished. A keyboardist who carried the lead, a guitarist, a drummer, two other singers, and me. There was an older gentleman who’d sing a featured solo. Very moving. We weren’t great. But we had something. We … Read more
Erica Michelle Bayliss — A Life Remembered
When Erica came into our lives, nothing unfolded the way we had imagined. The path was harder, more complicated, and often overwhelming.
On a Wing & a Prayer: Poetry & Reflections
This a speech I made publicly at a Toastmasters Speech Contest. Our three children have always been a source of inspiration to me, and I thought I would introduce them to you. Catherine We probably should have taken the Lamaze class. While we arrived at the hospital without incident, what ensued was something neither of … Read more
God of Life: A Personal Narrative
Before I was born you knew me. You gazed on me with love and rocked me in the arms of hope.
Two Knives: Hatefulness at Work
A short work about two confrontations—one involving steel, the other exposure—and what remains after the doors close.