safety

2018, Children, Death, Communication, Fear, Grief, Health, Life, Love, Race, Law Enforcement

So You Approve of Drunk and Reckless Driving??? Oh, Ok.

We live in an age where even when it’s your fault; you don’t want to be held accountable.  The issue is so pervasive that not only don’t you want to be caught— you don’t want perfect strangers to be caught either.  That’s the reason I used to flick my lights at people I didn’t know.  I was projecting my desire to not be reprimanded or punished by letting other people know how not to get caught.  

2018, Children, Communication, Identity, Life, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Relationships

My Hand Still Fits In His

This is a journey that parents and children often take.  It can be a tough lesson for every one to receive, understand and accept.  Especially fathers, who regularly get a bad rap for being too tough, too hard and too emotionally removed.  Children, remember that your fathers are there.  Sometimes, unequipped to say what needs to be said in a way that you can hear, but still wrought with the desire to see you in the midst of the fog.  Make sure that your hand is outstretched so that you can find each other through it all.