Kev was very close with his younger brother Kenan, Kenny everybody called him. Kenny passed away at age 12. On a family trip to the river he hit his head on a slide and drowned. They searched and searched for him, divers recovered his body later. The unbearably somber ride home, hearts dropping away into …
This is my graduate thesis from 2010, a literature review on the topic of Gay Adolescent Suicide. Running Head: Gay Adolescent Suicide Gay Adolescent Suicide: A Review of the Literature Brandon Muller University of Puget Sound Abstract This literature review evaluates and connects previous research on the topic of suicide in adolescent lesbian, gay, bisexual, …
This is my girlfriend Caeli’s blog. She inspires me every day with her authenticity in being true to who she is and with her incredibly beautiful creative spirit she expresses in so many ways; among them her writing, art, music and passion for life . I hope you find her art and poetry moving and …
I’m going to be working very hard on finishing my book, I still have much to write. Here’s a tiny snippet from my time at Children’s Hospital. Brian, my teacher who I reference in this segment passed away a few years ago, I feel lucky to have been able to see him in the hospital …
Below is an excerpt from my book which has been in progress since 2006. I haven’t added to it for a long time but blogging has reenergized my passion for writing and I’m going to commit to working on it now. On the eleventh of May, 1999, I woke up with what I described to …
It’s never too late to change course. We might think our circumstances compel us to follow some unchangeable path but as Ralph Waldo Emerson astutely observes, we have choice in our self defining actions. If we find we don’t like the people we’ve become or see ourselves becoming, these states don’t have to be our …
All positive change begins with an idea. Good writers are masters of creatively innovating and persuasively conveying ideas. By writing about our ideas it helps us critically evaluate them and by sharing them with others we create the possibility of collaboration which opens a gateway to infinite possibilities. The more people become aware of injustices …
A Gleefully mischievous brilliant force of light A Deep well of love in heart and mind Never-ending soulful ecstasy Transcending spiritual bliss
