Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
(I published a version of this story first in October 2023. I've made updates to the list.) When I was in grade school, I went out for pee wee football. When we lined up in three or four rows and did our calisthenics before the start of practice — everything from jumping jacks to leg... Continue Reading →
Life has its share of fickle stops and starts and crazy twists and turns. In the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the main characters, played by Robert Redford and Paul Newman, are cornered on a high cliff. There is no way out. The only choice is to jump. Redford as Sundance Kid... Continue Reading →
Each generation has its challenges, unique difficulties and obstacles, shaped by the social, economic, and technological events and phenomenons of their time. In thinking about my generation, Generation X, I'm really not sure how any of us survived. I stumbled across a video last week that pointed out some of the challenges Generation Xers have... Continue Reading →
I've been in a crazy downward swirl lately. —I put my wallet down and two minutes later I can't remember where I put it. I ask my wife where the cell phone cord is that she just gave me. She looks at me strange. Of course, it's in my hand. "Duh, how'd that get there."... Continue Reading →
We come out of turn three and I race to the inside, slipping in between car #51 and #9. I imagine the anger that the driver of car #51 must be spewing towards me. I expect that he's raising his fist in fury at me. We've been trading spots all night, racing around the track... Continue Reading →
The things you think about at 3 o’clock in the morning and can’t sleep. I was sick recently and thought I would fall asleep with no problems. In reality, I slept for an hour and was up the rest of the stinkin' night, going back and forth with a make-shift conversation in my head. Oh,... Continue Reading →
(A version of this story appeared on July 2021.) John Adams had it wrong. When the Continental Congress voted in favor of Virginia Delegate Richard Henry Lee’s resolution for independence on July 2, 1776, John Adams figured the day would be one for the history books. He wrote to his wife Abigail that July 2... Continue Reading →
I retraced my steps from the parking garage back to my office. I looked on top of and behind my desk. I walked to the front desk and asked the security guard on duty if someone had dropped off a set of keys. He must have thought I had lost my mind the way I... Continue Reading →
The nurse wheeled my wife through the double doors, and I opened the car door and helped her inside to the passenger seat. My wife had a medical procedure on Friday. We had expected that she would be able to come home the same day, but the procedure went longer than anticipated and she needed... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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