Live it UP

3 Beauty Tips from an Old Bald Guy

Some of the most attractive people I know aren’t very good looking.

Here are three beauty tips that will work for anyone. And they’re free!

I Met Someone as Strange as Me!

I was surprised and delighted to meet a kind and thoughtful man this week who had a similar experience to mine.

He, too, was brought up in Conservative Christianity and came to a place where he had to leave. There were some amazing parallels in our journeys.

3 Great Stories, 3 Great Truths

There is no true story (Lost)
There are no happy endings (Hadestown)
We will never find the conflict-free place we long for (The Hunger Games)

These three stories illustrate the futility of basing our lives on stories. The only way to have meaning, purpose and belonging is to live life Facing Up.

Mrs. Swift

Mrs. Swift was the 70-year-old widow who helped teach me how to poke fun at my story and break its power.