The house I live in has been in my family for four generations. It was built in the 1950s and was originally owned by my great grandparents. Now as I make the house my own, it has been important to me to preserve a sense of family and history. The person that was helping me … Continue reading Eulogy For My Uncle Mark
Home Reno: Kitchen Before & After
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A Defining Decade
The 2010's have come and gone and as I reflected on this past year, it goes without saying that this past decade has been an incredibly transformative one. To say it was a decade of growing up would be a grand underestimation. Instead, it was more about life and a no holds barred approach to … Continue reading A Defining Decade
2019: The Year of Reminders
This year had its extreme highs and its extreme lows. 2019 was a year that reminded me once again how incredibly wonderful yet crushingly heartbreaking it can be within a few moments. The high of my year would be traveling to Spain, and walking the El Camino de Santiago (if you missed it, I posted … Continue reading 2019: The Year of Reminders
30 Before 30
[November 26, 2019] Recent events have once again reminded me that we never quite know when God will knock on our door and ask us to come home. Every day is a gift, and should be treated as an adventure. It is too easy to fall complacent in living our everyday that we forget to … Continue reading 30 Before 30
A Eulogy for my Aunt Rosie
[Written: Friday, October 25, 2019] I was once asked the question of who my favorite aunt was at a birthday party when I was about seven or eight years old. Not realizing that I could lie, or give a generic answer, I blurted out that Aunt Rosie was my favorite. That was the truth. I … Continue reading A Eulogy for my Aunt Rosie
Play Your Cards
In high-stakes poker, there is a natural assumption that takes place. While we know the cards we've been dealt, we are left in the dark when it comes to what is in our opponent's hands. No matter the cards we have, not knowing what lies in someone else's can push us to raise the bet, … Continue reading Play Your Cards
Halfway Mark
Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, half of 2019 has come and gone. Now as this post is being read, more of this year is slipping passed us. It's scary to think of how real the cliche that "time flies" has become and that time is moving faster than we are. I looked … Continue reading Halfway Mark
Gorc Meets World 