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I’ve been depressed. It could be the changing of the seasons. That’ll trigger my mood swing sometimes. Maybe it’s just a relapse, falling back into bipolar depression simply because I live with this illness. Or maybe it’s because I wrote a book. It feels weird to say, still a bit clumsy in my mouth. I […]
We need to stop faith healing. “Cancer comes from demons, and If you have enough faith, you can cast them out.” These words were said to a friend of mine, a friend who is raw and tender form losing their young daughter to brain cancer. Somehow more prayers, better prayers, more faith, better faith would […]
I was seen. From the moment you first walked into that restaurant and waved at me, I have been seen. You understood as I finished up a blog post. You looked at me as we ate. You embraced me, and it was comfortable from the first moment. I have always felt comfortable around you, even […]
I lied. I didn’t mean to. It wasn’t on purpose. I didn’t set out to lie. Intentions don’t really matter here. What matters is that in the end, I didn’t tell the truth. Lies don’t happen without affecting other people, and this lie ended up hurting someone who matters to me. I hate hurting people. […]
I feel like I was lied to. I feel like the gospel wasn’t fully preached to me. It feels as if I was deceived, given a bait and switch, as if what was taught to me was simply wrong. Growing up you don’t really have much say in what you are indoctrinated into. So when […]
I lost my job. No, that’s a lie. It makes it sound softer than the reality. The reality is I was fired, again. I was fired because I missed too many days of work. You know, attendance policies and all. I had too many sick days. I don’t know what else to call them. They […]
About Me
Father, nerd, coffee chugger, and kind of a mess. Diagnosed bipolar. In the never-ending process of writing.