Personal Essays

Stories about family, work, aging, and the other things I’m still trying to figure out.

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Moments

A retirement party a year after retiring.

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It only took thirty years to figure out what I already knew.

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A vasectomy, a paper bag, and the third child I wasn’t planning on.

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I bemoaned having to spend Labor Day with my brother. As it turned out, he’d be there for every Labor Day.

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I was really looking forward to relaxing on a Sunday afternoon a few years ago. Life had other plans.