Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
(A version of this story ran on March 20, 2016.) My day had not started well. I forgot that I needed to drop my son at school and I was running late to work. I still needed to make a few tweaks to a presentation I was giving later that morning and I desperately needed... Continue Reading →
He was ten years older and stood a foot taller than me. We were both on the quiet side. He had two daughters that were around the age of my two oldest kids. When the kids were restless during church, he and I would both stand in the back entrance-way. We would rock our babies... Continue Reading →
Life really is like a spinning top — a child's toy that spins upright, then as it loses energy, starts to wobble with increasing amplitude before finally tipping over and rolling on its side. Where it lands nobody knows. Image by Pexels. Say what? Prior to Christmas break, I put in a couple of long... Continue Reading →
Bill Gates famously dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to help found Microsoft, becoming one of the richest people in the world with a net worth of $114 billion. Following in his footsteps three decades later, Mark Zuckerberg quit school to found Facebook. Photo by Nathan Cowley on Pexels.com I'm thinking this week about Gates,... Continue Reading →
When I get frustrated with life, I like to remind myself: Stephen King received 30 rejections for his first novel, Carrie, before finally being published in 1974, and selling over a million copies in the first 12 months. Steven Spielberg was rejected three times to attend film school at the University of Southern California. He's... Continue Reading →
When I'd see Nate in the hall in my dorm or in the quad, he always had a smile for you. We had the same major and had a lot similar tastes. On paper, we should have been great friends. However, I learned my freshman year of college that I couldn't trust him. Nate had... Continue Reading →
I rubbed my eyes. I rubbed them again. I was dragging. I just wanted to drive back home and jump under the sheets in my bed and go to sleep. But the amazing view in front of me took my breath away. I couldn't take my eyes off the sun. It was stunning. Thirty years... Continue Reading →
Let's get ready to rumble. Last Sunday in the National League Playoff game against the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, tempers flared on the field and in the Dodger Stadium stands. The second game of the series was delayed for 12 minutes after fans tossed baseballs and trash in the direction of... Continue Reading →
I celebrate my 9th Anniversary on WordPress this week. Anytime you do something for that many years you learn a thing or two. Here's a few of the things I've learned about writing a blog: —Put it out there. It's better to let others in than to hold back your feelings. I've written on everything... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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