by waiter | Mar 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Almost as soon as my wife’s plane lifted off the tarmac for California, my daughter said, “Remember you promised to take me to the escape room.” “My word is my bond,” I replied. I knew once we got into the escape room, however, Natalie would want me to solve all the...
by waiter | Mar 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I got back from Hawaii, I was greeted with a snowy negative eighty degree temperature swing and, to add insult to injury, was forced to dig out my driveway before we could unload our luggage from the car. “Fuck this,” I said, as my thinned blood rebelled in the...
by waiter | Feb 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Today, my family attended a memorial mass to commemorate the first anniversary of my father’s death. Since I didn’t burst into flames the moment I walked into the church, I took that as a good sign. Taking a pew next to my mother, I took a deep breath and prepared to...
by waiter | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
When I was in seminary, one of my professors told me, “Before God, there was a sense of the sacred.” Long before people started theologizing, they looked at the rising sun, thunderstorms, mighty oceans, and the stars with awe and wonder. Peering into Kilauea’s vast...
by waiter | Dec 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
My daughter plays the flute in her fifth grade band and, this morning, they put on a holiday concert. Arriving early, I snagged a couple of seats near the front for snapping pictures and waited for my wife to join me. “How are you, Steve?” one of the mom’s...
by waiter | Nov 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Malignancies, car crashes Power’s decisions rash Politics, war, ideological clash Terror marring summer skies Buildings imploding, cutting short lives Death, loss, insanity, sundering ties Young men angered over trifles Seeking fame with rifles ...
