The day before Thanksgiving, I had a mediation set for 9am. A couple hours later, my client and I realized the insurance company was not going to bridge the still-remaining $500,000 gap, so we left. I checked my phone. My bride and the 3 small children had been at the […]
Month: November 2014
Thank you, Muhammad
Among the pages of captioned color photographs from my 2003 deployment is one that sticks out. There’s a woman in uniform, not unlike every other picture I have of persons in Iraq. But then there’s this guy. He has no BDU t-shirt or DCU pants; he’s in a white cotton […]
a day in New York City
As I pulled my suitcase into the kitchen Sunday morning where the children were having cereal, my 8-year-old daughter asked where I was going. “I’m going to see a friend I made when I was the age you are now.” The stated reason for my trip Sunday afternoon was to […]
Halloween 2014
The 8-year-old started reading the “Harry Potter” books a few months ago; she’s finishing the last installment in the 30-45 minutes of extra awake time we give her after bath time. Naturally, she wanted to dress like Hermione for Halloween this year. So, we let her. But what about the […]