“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” It has been a century since F Scott Fitzgerald wrote those words to open The Great Gatsby.   Maybe Nick Carraway's father was onto something. I catch myself ready to criticize someone, and that voice echoes back. Maybe the person I'm about to judge didn't grow up in a house with two loving parents. Maybe they didn't have a neig

She just called.  She called as I was about to cut the grass that she cut all summer.  She was at her spot by the Atlantic and I was at...

The American flag wrapped around the flagpole in center field. A butterfly floating across the outfield. The heat of the sun on my neck...

Gratitude comes in many forms. Today it came in the form of a pack of baseball cards. A Jackson Chourio... A Corbin Burnes... A Kyle...

Gratitude comes in many forms. Today it came in the form of a pack of baseball cards. A Jackson Chourio... A Corbin Burnes... A Kyle...