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Grief & Mortality

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A Letter I Should Have Written Long Ago

This past weekend I began my next phase of social hibernation in an attempt to finish my book's first draft so that I can start to search out editors to help me polish it up. One of the remaining chapters that I had plan

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May 1, 2024Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read

Q&A - May 1 2024

Looks like I lied back in February when I said that I would try to write more; as I haven't sat and typed words on this blog in almost 3 months. Well, rather than dwell on this, I figured…

March 22, 2022Grief & Mortality7 min read

This Is A Reminder To Live Life

I'm not exactly sure how to start this one off, but it's apparent to me that despite how many times I write or say something... I always need a reminder to remember what's important in life…

January 20, 2021Grief & Mortality4 min read

Temporary Forevers.

Time has been a topic on my mind quite a bit lately, especially as we all seem to have a lot more of it on our hands since last year. I've noticed that as a general rule of thumb, the…

May 5, 2017Grief & Mortality4 min read

Time.

So, it's been a few months. Tonight was the first night in a while that I've had a chance to slow down and relax. In the past few months, work and side work have been incredibly busy, on top…

February 14, 2017Friendship & Family3 min read

Nana.

Today's a day that I've been dreading for a while... my Nana finally passed away. It's been a mix of emotions this morning since reading a Facebook comment yes, I found out via a public…

June 6, 2016Grief & Mortality4 min read

The Illusion of Infinity

So the title may be a bit misleading, but trust me that this is not a blog about math. Please continue to read on without being worried about having to dig up your high school calculus…

December 30, 2015Grief & Mortality2 min read

Closing Out 2015.

I had originally thought that I wanted to cover a variety of topics for this year's blog posts... but the more I thought about it, the more I figured I should keep things concise. If there…

December 11, 2015Grief & Mortality4 min read

Nate.

So, this isn't a topic that I have delved too much into this year but I felt it was long overdue. Here goes. Who was Nate? There are a ton of words you could use to describe him. I don't…

February 17, 2015Life Notes3 min read

The Theory of Everything

So I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to write on this blog anymore... but I've just been inspired so here it goes. If you haven't heard of The Theory of…

December 16, 2014Friendship & Family4 min read

Friendship

What a year it has been for friendships... let's start with the harsh fact that I realized this year: life happens. Well that's quite a generic statement, what do you mean Tyrell? What I…

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