Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I was starting to get ready for bed two weeks ago when I looked at my phone and saw the news. Two Black Hawk helicopters had crashed around 10 p.m. on March 29 in southwestern Kentucky, killing nine US service members with the 101st Airborne Division. As soon as I saw the news, I knew I... Continue Reading →
I’m usually the fool in my family — the challenge with living with four incredibly smart and passionate people — but one year I was determined to change things. My youngest son had been a little flip with my wife and I on submitting an excuse for a school absence. He wasn’t disrespectful, but at... Continue Reading →
My wife and I have been married for 29 years. When you’ve lived together that long with another person, you start to think you’ve seen and heard it all. You start to feel like you’ve come to know your wife and kids, their likes, preferences, better than you know yourself. However, I found out this... Continue Reading →
When you come up to a curve in the road, there's usually a sign as you approach that warns you to slow down and prepare for the change in direction. When you go to the movie theater in the U.S., the Motion Picture Association of America assigns one of five ratings to each movie, such... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid and first started learning how to ride a bike, I kept falling. I got the steering thing down pat. I just couldn't steer with the handlebars and pedal the bike at the same time. I would weave and veer and fall over onto the macadam. I scraped one knee, then... Continue Reading →
Last year, when I suggested to my youngest son, who was still in high school at the time, that I might get my emergency certification and become a substitute teacher, he laughed. I’m not talking about a “yea, right laugh” full of sarcasm, I’m talking about a full-blown belly laugh like it was the best... Continue Reading →
My wife and I are different. If it wasn’t apparent to me before now, it became clearer this week. Yes, she's smarter, kinder, and more loving. She's friendly to everyone she meets. She's beautiful inside and out. Yea, yea, we know about all of those things, while I check none of those boxes, but I'm... Continue Reading →
There are certain television lines that come back easily from my childhood. Jimmie Walker’s famous line “Dy-no-mite!” from the show Good Times, which I knew before I ever saw an actual episode, because Walker’s face was plastered across magazines like Tiger Beat and Teen, ranks as one of the earliest. Ricky Ricardo, played by Desi Arnaz,... Continue Reading →
The house looked immaculate. I liked that it looked big enough to hold two football teams, had a huge garage, and a beautiful gate. I liked too that it was right on the bay. Of course, I liked the huge boat tied tight to the dock and the speedy sports car parked out front. I... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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