Sinking the stress Kraken

Sinking the stress Kraken

Stress is a slippery bugger, hard to pin down and even harder to shake loose. It’s like a Kraken, a creature of the deep summoned to sink ships and scare people. And kill them to death. The last month or so I found myself swamped and suckered by a stress Kraken....

Defeating the lunch lady

Father, today life switched gears and picked up the pace. The pace car just passed me, and it’s pulling away. My legs are already moving too fast. I can’t keep up and I’m losing ground. Jesus, the sea just turned colors, swapping placid jade for a...

Redlining my soul

Yesterday I redlined. I’m talking about flooring my personal gas pedal until my engine was revving so high that I ground to a halt.  We’ve begun the process of selling our house—painting, de-cluttering, repairing, replacing, cleaning, hucking. I’ve...