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Starving the Wolf 19 Apr 2013 | 10:03 pm
An old Cherokee story was brought to my attention yesterday, one you may have heard. There are several minor variations, but the basic story goes like this: An old Grandfather said to his grandson, w...
Measuring a Year 2 Apr 2013 | 04:47 pm
Aimee Ziegler, my first wife and mother of my children, took her life one year ago today. These are facts. They are not the only facts which measure her life. One could count the years she coached ba...
A Certain Ache 27 Mar 2013 | 05:56 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Let me tell you a story. Sometimes it’s the only thing I can do. Kim and I met three months after Aimee died. While we’ve had support from our c...
Know This 21 Jan 2013 | 06:12 pm
I proposed to Kim on Saturday. I want the world to love her like I do. My best tools are these words--even when they fall short. So how can I tell you about Kim? Where are my best words? I hold thr...
Chew on This 19 Jan 2013 | 01:51 am
Me at Fern Lake in 2007... Me at Fern Lake in 2012... Funny how the world tilted a little, but I'm looking for the same thing in the sky. Guess which one is the more hopeful me. Go on, guess.
Tackle Football 16 Jan 2013 | 08:00 pm
On my last day of high school, a group of senior parents hosted a picnic. The idea was to keep us sober for a few hours, I suppose. I stayed away from booze in high school--read Monday's post and you ...
Some Things the World Needs to Know About My Mom 15 Jan 2013 | 01:56 am
Hello again, blog. The beauty of the internet (and the inherent danger, some may say) is the words put out here can last for a long time. I've heard people use words like "forever" but forever is a l...
Dearest Blog, We Haven't Spoken for a While 5 Dec 2012 | 09:50 pm
Hey Blog, it's me. Aaron. We haven't spoken in a while. It's nothing personal--really. It's just, well, I don't need to talk to you as much as I did in the past. I really needed you then. We had so m...
Disbanding the Booster Club 2 Nov 2012 | 10:44 pm
I've always wanted people to like me. It's been my greatest weakness and one which I share with plenty of the world's population. After all, humans are social creatures, right? Of course we are. But ...
Fearing the Unknown 25 Oct 2012 | 12:05 am
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." H.P. Lovecraft, right? Fear sounds like a great topic for a horror writer's bl...
