The Most Amazing Five Minutes

Last night I had the most amazing five minutes that I have had in a very long time. It may have been better than sex. One may think that this is a stretch; but happiness is relative and the simplest things in life can mean the most. I am beyond tired by the time I […]

A Star U R Pt. 2

I wrote about this song two years ago. I wrote about it again last fall while penning the first draft of my book. It’s another September and I’m doing it again. I know why I keep writing about this song. This song perfectly summarises my life. Every September this song rings in my head and […]

The Nicest Thing I’ve Been Told In A While

Sometimes accidents happen. Both parents and children have them. Right as the last school year ended I prepared Cydney’s box of spare clothes in case she has an “accident.” She’s four so there’s a good possibility that she could hold on for too long or be a little too deep in her sleep at nap […]

Dear Summer

“Dear Summer: I know you gon’ miss me.” For the last fourteen years I have considered the morning of September eleventh the end of Summer. I was a little more than two months from turning sixteen and literally the world around me changed based on a tragedy in the backyard the Long Island suburb where […]