Die Trying: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good: It’s a Jack Reacher novel. If MacGyver and Jack Bower could have a kid, it would be Reacher. The Bad: I liked the first book, Killing Floor better. Lee Child is an amazing writer, but this wasn’t one of his best stories. For the first 75% of the book it seemed to me …

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Happy Valentines!

We’ve given up on a Christmas letter. So – here is our Valentines letter, mostly written by Micah. Let the idiocy and merriment begin. Max: Still Mama Cooley’s favorite, even though he poops outside. It’s weird. Mama and Papa Cooley: Well they became grandparents, again in 2014, which is a bonus, I guess. The new …

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A Sad, Wonderful, Stolen Blog of Thankfulness

Some Facebook posts should never have been written. Guilty. Some should be engraved in stone - like this one. It was written by Chad Barrett, a friend of around 30 years, whose daughter went home to heaven last year. Here is what he wrote: I was driving last night, and Caroline (our 9-year-old) was in …

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