Category Archives: Buddhism

Protected: The Personal Pitfalls of Chronic Disease (TSC) meeting PTSD

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

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Dear Wheaton College,

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

Brief letter to my alma mater discussing the meaning of “fallng” Wheatie. Continue reading →

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Lost at the Big Y, STUCK at Walmart. A rather long rant.

Posted on January 13, 2017 by

When my son Jack was around age 3-4, he was a bolter. I mean a runner.  A dasher.  As in Dash from The Incredibles, dasher.  And fast!  The kid would just flat out beat a trail away from me at … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 30, 2016 by

My son Jack was concerned recently that he had acquired Tetanus. Lockjaw.  He locked down on this notion and obsessed about it to the point of not being able to eat or sleep, was having trouble functioning at school and … Continue reading →

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The Power of Ice Cream

Posted on July 27, 2016 by

We have this little issue with ice cream in our family.  It goes way back.  Way back in my ancestral tribe.  Maybe it’s something that goes way back for a lot of us, those first memories of eating ice cream, … Continue reading →

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The Path…infused with Artisanal by Dad

Posted on June 9, 2016 by

My father died of fronto-temporal dementia in September of 2004.  He was an exceptional human being in the way we all are exceptional human beings, however, he knew it.  He was a paratrooper in his early twenties and jumped out … Continue reading →

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Running Out

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

And so, I ran my way out of my crisis of faith. Faith looks like running shoes and the great outdoors. I have been a runner for many many years and find running outside such a solace; me, my shoes … Continue reading →

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From addiction to grace. A life hack. (rated PG)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by

I experienced a life hack when I was cast into the realm of the spiritual world during a marijuana induced psychosis.  I had a true out of body experience that was at once as horrifying as it was incredible.  It … Continue reading →

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