When you think to yourself, Crap I should’ve written that song!

Had another one of those moments yesterday when I heard Little Big Town’s new song “Girl Crush.” The verses are vivid and yet seem so easy that anyone could’ve written it. I guess that’s what professionals in any industry do. When they’re good, they make it look easy. But gosh darn it, I should’ve written that song! Do you have any songs that stirred that up in your mind? If so, comment below!

Wacky Wednesday: You Say I’m Crazy

It isn’t just Sam Smith that gets called “crazy.” He was in love with a woman that appareeennnnntly cheated on him, per the lyrics of his hit song “I’m Not the Only One.” She calls him crazy because she doesn’t know he knows what she did. But he does know, and he even wrote a song about it. But anyway, appareeennnnntly I’m crazy, too. Because whilst at Disney World last week, I ran with the notion that my nails should be colorfully designed by my young nieces.nailsI suppose if I was going to do that, Disney is one of the most acceptable places. The scary part for me is that I actually liked it! But don’t worry about me yet, until I start shaving my legs and posting stuff on Pinterest.

-Out of the Wilderness

Falling in Love: Part 2

Honestly, I’ve been sitting on that post for a while. It’s the most transparent I’ve been, well, the most personal. I love writing in a way that makes you laugh, that makes me laugh, but that one, obviously, is different. I sincerely hope you look at me with compassion, without much judgement, and continue hanging on as I make my way through this wilderness.

I know if any girl I was dating or about to date read my last post, they wouldn’t touch me with a ten-foot pole. But the post wasn’t about saving my dating life. To be honest, there’s not much to save anyway. I wanted to come clean, whether it’s to 3 readers or 3,000. Because there’s only one me and I’m trying to make that one me look like the me I want him to be. He looks a lot like my grandfathers. He acts like them, and acts like my dad…chivalrous, caring, maybe rough around the edges but has respect for people, and for women. That’s part of what being a Wilder is. Another part is extreme athleticism (OK I’ll stop trying to be funny). But strip away my last name, and you know what, it’s really part of what being a man is. Like Hozier sings, “we were born sick” and according to the Bible, it’s true. I was born selfish, dirty, and in need of some discipline.

These last couple of posts are about the journey since that birth day.

-Out of the Wilderness