MetroMonk

Life can be a bitch, but you just have to keep keepin' on; shake it off and move along. Adversity. It happens to all of us, every single person. Yours is different from mine and vice versa. No one person has it worse, per se, and someone else's struggle doesn't minimize another's. Although there is some shit I have never, nor do I ever hope, to experience I can say I can relate to having to move through tough experiences. That's something we can all relate to. Some shit happened in my life recently that really stirred me up inside about all of this. Allow me to explain and share one dimension of my life with you...my father. My father is a unique man. I don't think I have met anyone quite like him, although I know some of you will know someone close to you exactly like him. How shall I start? In no particular order, allow me to spew some random factoids out there: The Ugly Parent's divorced when I was 8 yrs. old. He made it really hard on me and...

Today I am 37. Nothing special. Nothing big and certainly not a milestone, but for some reason I have been doing a lot of reflection about this birthday year. I am 37. I never thought at 37 that I would be separated and on the brink of divorce. I never thought I would be broke and living pay check to pay check. I never thought I would be in a job that is suffocating the living bahjesus out of me. I never thought I'd be single and living in an apartment by myself. I never thought I'd ever go through depression and feel such despair in my life. I never thought I'd feel so discontent with the church. There are a few more big items that seem a little fictitious to me that I thought would never be. I never thought I'd be where I currently find myself today...at 37. I thought I'd have stuff figured out. I thought I'd have "grown up" money. I thought I'd be "established." I thought I'd be in the best and highest earning po...