Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I find it amusing. I first started blogging on WordPress with a completely different idea in mind. I had it all mapped out. I would write the occasional lifestyle or thought piece, but I was looking to focus most of my time on writing a book and thought I would use my blog to showcase... Continue Reading →
The U.S., Canada, and Australia celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday. I'm so thankful for my mother and mother's everywhere for being the Saints that we all know you are. Thank you for teaching us right from wrong and filling us with love and compassion. Thank you for being there when we need you the most.... Continue Reading →
The little boy looked to be about four or five years old and held tight to his mom’s hand with one hand and a worn Teddy Bear in the other. He held back a yawn, but kept his eyes fixed on the escalator. He seemed to be taking everything in. When he couldn’t stand the... Continue Reading →
We paid the entrance fee and followed the crowd in front of us. It was our first visit to the San Diego Zoo. We had heard a lot about the zoo and were excited to enter. We followed the crowd straight-ahead, but then my wife and son veered right. I was trailing the two of... Continue Reading →
English author A.A. Milne came up with the idea for Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in 1921 after he watched his son Christopher Robin play with his stuffed animals and saw him give them various voices and character traits. Christopher’s stuffed bear, originally named Edward, was renamed Winnie-the-Pooh after they visited the London Zoo and fell in... Continue Reading →
I cursed the snow. While I was working, it had snowed another inch to two inches of snow. I was a newspaper reporter for a small daily newspaper and had worked late on a Friday night putting the Saturday morning paper to bed. I would have normally been home hours ago, but since I was... Continue Reading →
I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot lately. I wrote about him in Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door, how he made an appearance in a recent dream that I had where I got a chance to get the VIP treatment and visit heaven for a day. I've been thinking about him at other... Continue Reading →
May is a month full of joy and hope. What great and wonderful things will happen? Oh, I can think of some. Here's a few more thoughts and some photos of my blooming Azalea bushes:
I apologize if I'm a little excited. My wife and I and our three kids will all be home today under the same roof for the first time in nine months. Our son, a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, came home last weekend; our daughter came home yesterday for a long weekend; and... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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