survivor’s guilt

Prying open the hurt box

By Ken / June 26, 2018 / Comments Off on Prying open the hurt box

It’s crazy how unintended and even unwanted experiences bring us to new circles of friends. How our lives shift in ways that once seemed unimaginable. I feel such a stirring as this summer unfolds. This comes in the context of helping other men cope with the loss of a child. So many guys—myself partly included—“gut…

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Running with his best

By Ken / May 9, 2017 /

Three days before he died, Doug messaged me on Facebook for my birthday: “Burn a candle for me, old man,” he wrote. John Douglas Wright, I’m overdue to light that flame. Gregarious and loved by many, Doug was a light in our lives going back to junior high school, at least. A gifted athlete, he…

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