In 2018 I took my daughter Audrey on a trip to Japan. Her mother had promised she would take her, but she was battling cancer and wasn’t able. Audrey has been struggling with mental health issues that affected our relationship. She went from being Daddy’s little girl to a somewhat tormented young woman.
I wrote this on the plane as we head to Tokyo. I thought it would be fitting to make it a Haiku for obvious reasons. I found itas I was going through my old social media posts.
My friend Todd Gibson encouraged me to post this kind of raw stuff after reading his material. Give him a look.
When Sacrifice Hurts: Choosing Myself at Last
I had just turned 18 when my mother informed me that she was getting married and Congratulations!: You’re gonna be taking care of your younger brother (15)
Manifesting the Buddha
When I was a kid I was a bit of a bookworm. My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia and it came with a set for kids called “Childcraft”