Gabriella is in her first year of middle school. She’s just got a toe in adolescence and already with the tears? And I think Really? Geometry is so traumatic for you? Seriously? That grumpy guy with the locker next to yours is ruining your day? Ruining?
And I also think You want real problems? Move to… 
Posts Tagged ‘awkwardly personal’
First World Problems Are Real Problems
Please Stand With Me
She stood at the stove making dinner and I wanted to wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her neck and tell her I love her. But anger got the better of me so the last words I spoke to my wife were angry.
On the drive to the airport I felt the anger in my…
Retakes Without The Wave
“Just a little wave,” my mom said.
“You want me to get a perm?” I asked.
“Just a wave,” she said. “A body wave.”
I had no choice. The appointment was made at the Red Barn Beauty Salon. Raoul – I’m not making this up – gave me just a wave. A body wave.
Raoul and my mother…
Meeting Bad Ideas With Grace & Truth
The experts talked about injury reports from training camp. We marked through player names on our fantasy football wish lists. And Gresham wished.
“I wish we could draft cheerleaders,” he said.
He added a wide receiver’s name to bottom of his page.
“How would they earn points?” I asked, marking through the name of a tight end with…
Touching Scars
“When you were depressed,” she asked, “did you lose your faith?” Her lip trembled, a dam holding back the depths.…
Reunion Checklist: Hair, Waist & Wife
It’s been twenty years since I graduated from Robert E. Lee high school in Tyler, Texas. I’m headed back there this weekend for a reunion.…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a husband, father, singer and communicator connecting the first world with the third world for the benefit of both.
