Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I had a classmate in college, who was a great friend and I would've done anything for, but he bugged the hell out of me. Oh, he didn't really annoy me, but he showed me how we were two very different people. If I had a test coming up, I would study and stress over... Continue Reading →
I flew to Atlanta a few weeks ago for work. When the time came to fly home, I got to the airport on time, but the line for the security check seemed to take an especially long time. I don't know that it was all that long, but I was worried about missing my flight... Continue Reading →
Early in my career, I would pack up my laptop, grab my coat, get up from my desk, and quietly leave work with my head down. I’d nod to a few people, but I wouldn’t say much. It didn’t matter that I had gotten to work at the crack of dawn, hours before anyone else,... Continue Reading →
I gave the guy a wide berth. He was big. He had tattooed, muscles rippling out of his shirt and he looked tired and unhappy. I saw him when I was walking to my airport terminal and somehow lost him. I noticed him again later when I went to sit down to wait for my... Continue Reading →
The minute-hand on the clock ticks off slower in December. I have never tested it, but trust me, I know this to be a fact. You think I'm kidding? Ask any kid and they'll tell you. They're experts at time and they know: December is the slowest month of the year. December is slower than... Continue Reading →
When my wife gets in my car after I've driving, she comments regularly on the loud volume of the speaker or radio. Since I have some slight nerve damage in my one ear, when I'm in the car by myself, I have a bad habit of cranking up the speaker. Throw in a favorite song... Continue Reading →
One of the small, but important things I forgot, but then relearned when I had kids was the magical powers of hot chocolate. My kids used to especially love hot chocolate this time of year, as we drove around looking at Christmas lights or built gingerbread houses or drank it just as a warm treat.... Continue Reading →
Sometimes things happen and when you see them, you're so much in agreement that you find yourself shouting out in agreement. You know what I mean. You're in line at the convenience store and your son sends you a text that he's getting a raise or been accepted into the school of his choice. Of... Continue Reading →
I tweaked my back the other day and was floored. I tried to lift a Christmas box in our basement, heard a crack in my back, and instantly fell to the ground with deep spasms of pain streaking across my lower back. Um, help. If I was in an old western movie, I would've told... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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