All I’ve ever wanted is to feel like I am whole, that I’m not missing pieces from the puzzle of my soul. I’ve always been a misfit, there was no place I belonged, my peers began to bully me, though them I’ve never wronged. People who don’t know me have said things that aren’t true,… Read More »
How I ‘popped the question’ to my fiancée.
I had everything set; the one-day-trip to Paris was booked, I purchased skip-the-line tickets for the Eiffel tower, I had multiple possible locations near the Eiffel tower where I could ‘pop the question’ and I had the most beautiful ring I could wish for. It was one day before our trip to Paris, we would… Read More »
The Seven Month Proposal Project
It was seven months before my proposal, Nellen and I had broken up. I hoped—and somewhere deep inside I knew—it would be a temporary breakup. We had simply gotten too much resistance from people who did not agree with our relationship, and we had grown tired of it. But I didn’t want to give up—and… Read More »
My dad: From nothing to everything
A few of you have heard this, although I haven’t told it very often. It’s about something that happened in 1973. I was recently encouraged to tell it, and after thinking about it, I think he’s right. Many people don’t know things like this happen. At the time, neither did I, but I’m hearing it… Read More »
My dad: Still going
Foreword by Joël Crosby: I grew up having a sick dad and I was convinced he was going to die. I never actually told him this, but the prayer I prayed most was: “God, please heal my dad, and if for some reason you won’t or can’t, make me sick instead of him.” I never… Read More »