Close to the Edge

  Dear John, Today marks 8 years since you left this world.  It's cold and raining here in West Virginia this morning, just like it was ...

                                                                    August 2019  This picture was taken 2 weeks after Tristan and I to...

This is what trauma looks like at times.  An 8 year old boy, hiding under the dining room table with his face planted in his arms.  Wh...

" Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their lan...

I met Lori while paddling the North Fork of the Smith River in Northern California in January 2014.  I had never been on a river as beautif...

My last vision of John was 5 years ago.  It was a quick nod, and then watching him bush whack with his kayak down to a roaring flood stage...

“Love has inflicted so many pains on me, but that’s how my life became blessed.”  Rumi After losing our second baby in November,...