On Monday morning, around 4:00 a.m., Heather woke me up. “This is it,” she said. She had been having contractions through the night for eight hours. They had picked up from 10-15 minutes apart down to every five or seven minutes. With two ...
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Feed SubscriptionPortfolio: Submitting to the Eddie Adams Workshop
Note: This is my second year submitting a portfolio for the Eddie Adams Workshop. Last year, unfortunately, I wasn’t accepted, but since then, I’ve had some tremendous opportunities to capture the lives of Soldiers in training. This is the portfolio ...
Read More »What kind of dad
Heather rolled out of bed, carrying Asher with her, who was still sleepy and clung to her. It was dark outside. Too early to get up. Phoenix lay in bed with me. Both of our boys had snuck into the ...
Read More »Protected: So excited, it blinded me
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Read More »Listening: It’s like riding a bicycle
My wife often accuses me of not listening to her, but that’s because she doesn’t understand my brain. I have a hypothesis about my brain, and I think most guys’ brains are the same way… Listening is like riding a ...
Read More »A reflection on a love story
I used to work as a Pizzaiolo in Pittsburgh, and a fellow pizza maker (was his name Carl? I can never remember names of acquaintances from far ago) was head over heels over a girl. I thought that was great: ...
Read More »My son bought me a Lego Ninja
My son bought me a Lego Ninja for Christmas. It’s attached to a keyring, and the feet light up like two mini flashlights when you press the logo on his chest. Phoenix was two years old when he picked it ...
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