Family
Striving for Peace in the Keys
Today is my wife’s birthday. And while she hopes to be climbing up the Matterhorn by this time next year, the fact is, she’s had a really rough last few months, with a health issue that she can’t seem to…
That Purple Skied Anniversary
To celebrate seventeen years from the night of our rainy wedding, we asked for a table outside. And wouldn’t you know it, the storm started within five minutes of our sitting down. For old times’ sake, though, we decided to…
On Earth, We’re Briefly Gorgeous
For the past two years, I have made a regular point of going downtown, on June 12, and paying my respects with families and friends at Pulse, reading tributes, shaking hands, and sharing smiles, moved by the reality of a…
A Weekend of Concertos
February tends to be the month when all the events we bought tickets for around Christmastime finally collide with back to back weekends full of entertainment. And while we always enjoy the outings, either as a couple or with others…
Our Family Just Got Bigger
On Saturday, in a sweet, country ceremony and a casual, friendly reception, my sister became the last of the Lucas kids to get married. This was the best photo I took that I hope captured the feeling of the day.
One Small Step
Ten years ago today, at the age of 31, after more than a decade of cleaning grills, waiting tables, and overcoming a few too many adolescent mistakes, I walked across a stage in South Florida, proudly counting myself among the…
IWD Shout Out
I half thought to write this a few days ago and then realized, this morning, that it was International Women’s Day and now can think of no better time. Over the last several days, the Northeast has been blanketed with…
Provenance, in Posterity
For someone raised in the church, someone who learned to read on parables and psalms and proverbs, I find myself narrowly conscious of a time before I knew why. Before I knew about God. Or sin. Or mercy. Before I…
Proposal Spot
About 16 years ago, I proposed to Melissa from the curb outside a mini golf course on International Drive (another story). Across the street now stands the Orlando Eye. So today, for the first time, we got an aerial view…
