I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. Rather, if during the course of my life something appears that I feel like I need to focus on, I focus on it. Serendipity and opportunity doesn’t tell time. When you keep your eyes, your…
When I was a kid, I was all in with the idea of Santa Claus. Then, like with most Christian children, as I grew older I heard grumblings from kids who questioned his legitimacy. And for good reason. It’s pretty…
I’ve been compiling this list all year. Enjoy. “Doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results” is the definition of insanity…but also my strategy in Angry Birds. — Jackie Adkins (@jackie) January 3, 2013 A woman…
“You wanna eat?’ I said loudly to my deaf dog. Sydney, the 14-year-old shepherd, jumped a little, smiled, and turned a circle. “You wanna eat, girl?” I asked enthusiastically. “ROO-ROO-ROO” she replied. “Then let’s go eat!” I said. And then…
Today it rained. Around noon everyone was quietly doing their own thing around the house when I suggested to my daughters that we go to the park in spite of the weather. They were excited. “We can play Middle Earth…
A cold spell swooped down on Christmas Eve the year I was eleven. It was north Florida, and every December I could remember up until that point was warm enough to run around outside in shorts. But on this day, we…
Writer. Father to daughters. Husband. Ad man. Raised by wolves. 
