Short Stories
Narratives about experiences
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All You Need Is Love – July 3rd, 2023
Inspired to write this on my flight back to the States from Madrid after watching the movie “The Son” starring Hugh Jackman.
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Buckwheat – 9.10.22
I was home from college for the summer the day I got the call that my cousins had been in a terrible car wreck. Both had been taken to the hospital and were in serious condition with severe spinal injuries. As I processed this, I thought of Buckwheat and the choices he sometimes made. And then I thought of Troy. At thirteen years old, Troy had begun to play in some summer softball tournaments with Buckwheat, who was nineteen. An incredible baseball player, Troy had a promising future. But I sometimes wondered if Troy was spending too much time with Buckwheat. Although I was close to Troy, it was my…
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The Walk 2.18.22
A discussion of what is happiness? Inspired during a long walk with my son.
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Growing Up Too Fast 1.3.22
A musing on shame and why it does not work.
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The Gift Refused 4.9.21
A story about the grace of accepting gifts.
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The Football Field Meltdown
My first semester of college was a major transition for me. In addition to happily adjusting to indoor plumbing, I had to adapt socially and academically to my new environment. And although I did not know or care about Phi Beta Kappa when I matriculated to Randolph-Macon College, I would realize its significance later when I narrowly missed graduating with that honor. It was not my nemesis, freshman physics, that kept me from that honor. It would be another freshman class – one that to this day, as a writer, I wish I could take over again. Although my course load was light during my first semester with Pre-calculus, French, English and…
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The Pearl Creek Story
What's in a name? The following story explains how Pearl Creek Advisors, LLC came to be.
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The Boxer
A story about guns and how I learned to box. T.C., I hope this explains my reluctance to hunt.
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“We Hire People Like You”
As we continue to tackle how to talk about systemic racism, I hope the following encourages more dialogue.
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Kilimanjaro
A story of hardship and discovery on the slopes of a Mountain in Africa
