One of the lessons that took me the longest to learn in my life is how to live an imagination-driven life. For the first 23 years of my life, I mostly fell victim to the fears instilled by a black middle-class upbringing; get an education, pick a stable major and find a job with benefits. [...]
The best thing about being married is that you are constantly learning, and loving the things you learn about your spouse. If you’ve picked the right person, you’ve found that they are constantly evolving in their outlook on life, love and everything in between. For the selfish brat in you, it’s time to rejoice because [...]
My wife graduated last weekend, and what an exciting time it was in our household. Not just exciting because her long nights of studying and data analyzing have finally come to an end, but it was cause for all of our family and friends to descend on one place for celebration. And it made me [...]
One of the reasons why I began writing this blog was to leave behind a legacy of love for my wife. That when I’m gone, that she and our future children will look back upon this collection of thoughts and ideology as a living love letter to the woman that changed my life for the [...]
I never really considered the prospect of being unhappily married, but now that I’ve seen my fill of Divorce Court-styled shows playing in the locker room of the gym I go to, I now see that misery in a marriage is a real thing. So what is the formula to being happily married? Seems to [...]
One of the unspoken benefits of being married is that you always have a gossip partner. 24-7, 365, any given situation. And if you’re lucky, the same social minutiae that you laugh at, your spouse finds equally hilarious. One of the joys of being with my wife is being in a setting, be it grocery [...]
My wife and I are going to see Barack Obama downtown at the War Memorial tomorrow afternoon, which likely means we’ll be standing in sub-zero temperatures as early as noon. Needless to say, I’m enthusiastic about seeing our dear President, but less than excited about freezing. Nevertheless, history calls. And not just the history of [...]
Having grown up in the DC-Metro area, I know what its like to be in a crowd on the Mall in Washington. I know what its like to feel trapped in a sea of breath, flesh and movement, all culminating in an experience that will instantaneously cause claustrophobia in anyone. And none of this will [...]
Our Christmas was great. We got to spend time with both of our families, got plenty of rest, and refrained from household chores for the better part of the weekend. Everything was good, with the exception of a battery going up in my wife’s car.
My wife’s birthday is this week. It will be her first birthday as a married woman not spent on a cruise ship honeymooning. So she got me real good two ways. First, by having the wedding so close to her birthday, and two, making sure that I had to do it big to keep up [...]
