Category: Thoughts

In my own words

9/11 20 Year Anniversary

Twenty earth rotations around the sun have passed since our way of life and our freedoms came under attack. Two thousand nine hundred ninety six innocent souls needlessly lost their lives as a result...

Like is Greater Than Love

Do I like thee or love thee? A good friend once told me that he really likes me and that to like is harder than to love. I had to really think about it...

The Onion

Some friends and friendships are like ‘cucumbers:’ very thin outer layer, fast and easy to get close to, but just as easy to lose; pretty much skin deep kind of friendships. These are people...

Dear Kobe

Dear Vanessa 1-28-2020 Thank you for lending us Kobe all those years. Thank you for holding down the fort at home so Kobe could become the Mamba. Thank you for being so strong, and...

Radicalized

It’s becoming harder and harder to stay silent politically on social media these days. Whether on Facebook, or WhatsApp, or now Signal, it seems every other post is a continuation of an ‘exaggeration’ made...

My 12 Observations On People

1- Truly confident people in general don’t argue. They know that they know and don’t try to prove they’re right all the time. 2- Truly intelligent people never make you feel dumb. 3- Honest...

10 Year Birthday (Stem Cell)

Yes, I’m literally 10 years old I remember every face, every expression of every friend and family in the room that day, standing side by side holding hands, looking at me with those anxious...

Confessions Of An Extrovert

As an extrovert, as someone who shares his soul more than most, there are still so many things about me that people don’t know. That funny meme or smile on my face does not...