Yesterday marked a week since my father died and tomorrow will be one week since his funeral. Every moment that passes I move …
Play The Hand
For forty-nine years one or more of the senior Wilner men would tell me that in life we play the hand we are dealt and that …
Shtupp Has Never Failed Me
I cannot confirm nor deny I told the guy to my left to give me a harrumph or that I didn't loudly proclaim my support for the …
Dad Would Have Appreciated This
I can't decide whether to make this a letter to my old man that some of you can read along with or just do my usual bit of …
The Essence Of A Man
We buried my father yesterday and moved from what was into what is and what will be. As the oldest, handsomest, humblest and only …
Don’t Hit It Harder
I never struggle to find words to put on a page or to share aloud, but I sometimes struggle to find the right words for the …
Notes On A Scrap Of Paper
I told dad the night before he died it was ok to stop fighting and promised to look after my mother and sisters. "I have got this …
Even Pirates Have Feelings
Hanging out with Jimmy, softly singing along, smiling as I realize I am almost 10 years past. Seven miles away my father …
Are You Going To Be In My Dreams Tonight?
Paul is singing about once there being a way to get back home and I am squirming in my seat because the flight isn't moving fast …
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I’ll Be The Last
Many years ago I told someone I would always be able to find them. "How can you say that?" "Because I know things and I feel …