"Oh, excuse me, you're with them?" a 60-something year old, salt-and-pepper haired woman said to me as I approached my wife, in-laws, and twin daughters in the hotel lobby. "Yes, these are my daughters," I replied, my tone a bit more aggressive than I'd intended. Her husband turned around from fawning over our babies to… Continue reading The Discomfort of Other People
We all have trauma that has overcast parts of our past. The trouble with trauma is that it has a way of making you feel like you're alone. As if that dark cloud is your burden to bear indefinitely and isolation is a fair price to pay because no one could possibly understand what you're… Continue reading Past Trauma & Parenthood
There is a belief that who we are is a reflection of the company we keep. It’s said that our general attitudes towards life are directly influenced by our closest friends and the amount of time we spend with them. I do believe that friendships are fueled by exchanges of energy, be they positive or… Continue reading Your Friends Are Not You
I spent a great deal of time in my past trying to be one-dimensional. I remember being asked as a kid, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” It was from this question that I internalized an unconscious message: decide on one thing you’ll do with your life and have tunnel vision… Continue reading One Torch, Many Fires
Azureé Harrison 