Our Thirty Seconds is a journey on which we are both passenger and pilot. We make hopeful choices every moment of every day, some more noteworthy than others. Ultimately these choices fill our Thirty Seconds...

[This is a very rough draft of the final chapter of my book-in-progress called, "This Trip..."  (Working Title.)  In keeping with my non-conformist approach I give you the conclusion first.]
I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that my life here on earth is going to be even better than it was before.  I say [...]

This is all happening at once isn’t it?  This life we have here on earth isn’t unfolding…it’s all happening in a single moment.
I’ll try to explain what I mean but may not pull it off.  I was looking at my gut…which I don’t like very much.  It’s not completely out of hand but a bit [...]

I’m sitting next to Laura’s grave site…writing on this beautiful, balmy, billowy Sunday afternoon.  I’m sort of proud of her spot because it was one of the first decisions I made by myself after she was gone and I know she’d approve.  It’s under the canopy of a majestic oak tree so it’s almost romantic [...]

[This is poorly written.  I can do better...but not right now.  I stand by the illustration though.]
It’s Laura’s birthday today.  She would have been 42.  It’s the first time we “celebrated” it without her.  It was strange…and sad…and just another day all rolled into one.  I’m not even sure how to describe it so I’ll [...]

We are born…we blink…and we are dying.  In between we love and hate…laugh and cry…win and lose…give and take…break and grow…stand up and fall down…know happiness and sadness…we are brave and weak…we take chances…but not enough of them it seems.
Some of us have children…and we’ve known them forever.  Some of us have children…and will never [...]