Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I trudged off to work the other day in a funk. I fumed that my car was still in the shop and I cracked my iPhone screen for the second time (really the third time, but that's a story for another day.) I worried about a project that I’m working on for work and where... Continue Reading →
We sat in the old church and watched the young couple hold hands. They had worked hard to get to their long-awaited day, their wedding day, and they looked so happy and peaceful. We were honored to join in the young couple’s day. As we waited for the ceremony to start, I found myself staring... Continue Reading →
When I was a little kid, I used to laugh at what made my mother happy. To my little brain, she seemed to take a lot of pleasure ― too much pleasure in fact ― in something as small as a hot cup of coffee or a snowy day or even crisp, clean laundry. For... Continue Reading →
Everyone wants to be the hero. Everyone wants to be James Bond, saving the world from impending doom. I get that, but I’ve always wanted something else: the heroes’ toys. The hero ― at least the ones in the movies ― always have the best toys. What do I mean? Here’s a few of the... Continue Reading →
The American Embassy in Iran in 1979. New York, Washington and a field near Somerset outside of Pittsburgh on 9/11. And the attacks on Paris on Friday night. While decades apart, I felt the same after each event — first shock and then deep sadness that the world had changed overnight and not for the... Continue Reading →
I was cleaning up some boxes in our basement the other day and I came across a short list that I had created nineteen years ago for Kathy right before we had Erin. We had tried for a while to have kids and then finally after a lot of prayers Kathy had gotten pregnant. We... Continue Reading →
Why do some days feel longer than others? I know it’s an off-the-wall question, but I’ve been wondering lately why one day flies by and the next flows like molasses. We all have days when every second on the clock seems to take ten years. And then other days, you look up from your work... Continue Reading →
Wednesday marks Veterans Day. Every year this time I think of the many people ― including family and friends ― who’ve served in the Armed Forces. I’m especially thinking this year of a man I met in 1993, who as a 19-year-old Navy seaman was taken to a lab in Anacostia, Maryland and was exposed to... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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