Andrew

One of the many reasons why I’ll never own a gun

It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but if there is a gun in the home you’re much more likely to experience a violent death in your home, whether homicide or suicide. It doesn’t matter how many guns you own, nor whether or not you have them locked up. Here is the study from 2004 inContinue reading “One of the many reasons why I’ll never own a gun”

Hello, Goodbye. Goodbye, Hello.

For whatever reason I have consistently been able to say goodbye well. This doesn’t make goodbyes easy to do or say for me, but I have been blessed in being able to end relationships and chapters in my life with healthy closure. When you grow up in a community where the population is basically 98%Continue reading “Hello, Goodbye. Goodbye, Hello.”

Trying to find time to document an exciting time in life

Some Initial Thoughts I have always found value in journaling. I think journaling is important for a number of reasons. You get to think through life as it happens, documenting specific details about events in life, recounting the good, the bad, and the ugly about what it is like to live life in this world.Continue reading “Trying to find time to document an exciting time in life”