Essays

I’ll never forget what my Grandmother told me on Tuesday, September 11th 2001, after the news broke and I called home just to hear her voice.

I was sitting in Carson’s bedroom in Malibu, gazing out the window at the vast, blue Pacific Ocean as she worked on a math problem.

Breaking up after many years together is often a tumultuous ride.

When I arrived at the Emergency Room at 11:30pm, I was panting and pale.

Growing up, there are 3 caste systems a kid can belong to that widely set into motion their entire world view and future path.

Stress is a dangerous thing. It can manifest itself in all sorts of unhealthy, impulsive behaviors.

During my Peace Corps days in Bulgaria, I served as the unofficial Patron Saint of Tourists at the Sofia train station.

Yes, that was a bold title but I promise this story will DELIVER.

As children, we’re taught to always tell the truth. But somewhere along the way to adulthood, society has a knack for incentivizing its own variant.

When I was a kid, my Aunt Judy O’Brien adopted 7 children from Brazil.