I drove down to Florida Wednesday afternoon to spend Thanksgiving with my family. I’ve realized over the past few years that usually my “vacations” are always fun, but more exhausting than my “real life.” This trip was no exception. Here’s my family. At first I was worried about traffic because the day before Thanksgiving isContinue reading “Four Days of Vacation: A Thanksgiving Story”
Author Archives: Ben Wilder
The Bachelorette Update: Separate Ways for Ali and Roberto
News is out that Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez are going their separate ways. Ali and Roberto haven’t released any official statements and her Twitter (@AliFedotowsky) hasn’t mentioned anything yet either. For those of you hoping Chris Lambton might step in, get over it. He and Peyton Wright, a contestant on season 10 of TheContinue reading “The Bachelorette Update: Separate Ways for Ali and Roberto”
Late Night Cable (Goodbye)
He said goodbye without saying it exactly. But that’s definitely what she heard. It was all in the way he acted. Blaming as if the fault was hers. Having control must be such a high. That’s all she can figure. So instead of trying last night she wrote on one of her favorite pictures. SheContinue reading “Late Night Cable (Goodbye)”
The Middlefinger Flu
Friendships are like a man on his death bed, it takes work to keep them alive. I came across this reality in 2011 when I heard of a friendship suffering from the middlefinger flu. You know what the middlefinger flu is: your attempts to maintain the relationship are met with a harshly careless attitude. So without theContinue reading “The Middlefinger Flu”
Miracles, What Are They Anyway?
After barely making the playoffs, your favorite hockey team wins the Stanley Cup. Not a miracle. Speeding down the highway in the pouring rain, just missing the jack-knifed semi-truck trailer. Not a miracle. A man turning water into wine. Miracle. The word miracle is far too often associated with something that is simply not miraculous.Continue reading “Miracles, What Are They Anyway?”
