Everything you know and love will wither away and die. Dust. And despite what your ego tells you, you probably won’t be remembered past the next generation. Even if you have children who have children. Even if you erect a…
Earlier this week, my 12-year-old daughter, Agatha Rose, wrote the following poem during her social studies class where they are studying the age of imperialism in Africa. When she read it, the class applauded. I couldn’t not post it here.
My wife deserves someone better. Someone who wakes at 6, runs 5 miles, starts breakfast, and then goes to work at General Motors or Bank of America all day where he pulls down 250K so that she can drive a…
Dizzying. Mysterious. Erotic. Melancholy. Uncontrollable. Raging. Romantic love is the most powerful force on earth. http://youtu.be/UAOxCqSxRD0 *** Jim Mitchem
I once loved this country. Even signed up to put my life on the line for it. Of course I really had no choice, since college was too expensive for my family. And while I happened to serve during peacetime…
After school we laughed for a bit, and then she retreated to her bedroom where she would spend the next hour or so studying math, Spanish, and social studies. A smile curled at the edges of her mouth, though her…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
