Month: October 2019

Elected officials and developers have worked with public tax dollars to rebuild downtown, but they continue to neglect large areas of Kansas City in need of attention.

At 17, Nick is a good kid. He has many attributes, among which the most important are empathy and patience. He’s good at school, loves his robotics team, and does well around the house. We’ve not yet had to deal with a drug or alcohol incident. I consider we are…

For decades now, a memory has flickered and made me feel lonely the same way television light in house windows at night do. My cowboy chaps, hat, and vest made me sweat. I laid atop the dusty blow-up pool that no longer held air. The plastic was hot in the…

Both Syd and Nick passed their infant and toddler years without me, and I regret it. I don’t have remorse about the things I did that caused me to miss these formative years. But I missed their first steps and their first words. I missed their crying in the middle…