Ben Wilder

Festive Dog Sweaters

Remember the days when your parents used to dress you? OK, I don’t either but as the parent of 2 dogs, I’ve taken it upon myself to put clothes on them whether they like it or not. “I’m your father,” I say when they give me those sad puppy eyes, literally. “You will put thisContinue reading “Festive Dog Sweaters”

It’s Him or Me

How often are you faced with a choice that alters your future, and maybe the course of other lives, as well? Sure we all make choices every day, even tiny ones that seem insignificant but could determine where we are in a year, or 5 years, or 25. Like when I get caught at aContinue reading “It’s Him or Me”

Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names

I bet you didn’t think this post would be about Alanis Morissette, did you? Well, you’re in the ball park of being right. I heard her on the radio and totally forgot about the song “Thank U.” She wrote it after a memorable trip to India, so that’s why the chorus repeats “Thank you, India.”Continue reading “Thank you, India… and Other Favorite Names”

Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night

The other day I was driving down the interstate and what did my eyes behold? Taylor Swift! OK, not exactly the Taylor Swift. But it was a semi-truck with her last name on the side. Seconds later it was cut off by a truck bearing “West” on the side and I heard it say, “YoContinue reading “Travelling Taylor Swiftly into the Night”

Guns, Roses, Me and You, too

Riding into town for a night off from working at Kanakuk in Branson, Missouri. On our way home from school at a stop light in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sitting in the back of a Suzuki Samurai in Newport, Rhode Island. Driving to get food during lunch time in Miami, Florida. There are so many songsContinue reading “Guns, Roses, Me and You, too”