But Screwing up is so Easy” — @Lawson Wallace “ You need to stop getting high, Lawson.” “ You need to stop getting high, Lawson,” the voice whispered in my head through most of the eighties. I ignored it or tried to. I kept getting high, but I was enjoying it less and less as time went on. It finally dawned on me. The weed was making…

You can rise above it — I don’t know how old I was. I was very young, but I can imagine what it was like for my parents in the doctor’s office that day. The Doctor glanced up from his notes. He gave my parents a quick nod, then he picked up my chart. “ I’m…

Or how my wife and I dodged some Bullets — I was sitting in front of my computer cursing writer’s block when my wife and I heard the gunshots. We went outside to see what was going on. The cops were already onsite. The kid that did the shooting was in custody and the victim transported to the Hospital. …

No matter where you go, there you are — I walked across the floor that May evening in 1978, I was on cloud nine. I thought I had burned the crutches of “ He’s brain damaged, and he’s Dyslexic” to ashes. Special Education left scars on my psyche I had spent my grade school years and part of middle school in Special Education. …

Don’t put yourself, or your family in danger — I sat in the waiting area of the homeless shelter, we ate dinner. We were waiting for the security staff to open Safe Bay and assign us bunks. “ These people are nuts,” I thought to myself, as I watched the guy across from me talking to himself. He wasn’t…

For one thing, I’m not stupid — I was young, a teenager still living at home. It doesn’t matter what we were doing. It would be yard work or trying to repair something in the house. My dad would send me to look for something, a tool, a rake, or whatever. I would go look for it…

One door closes, more doors will open — I was locked out of my Facebook account again. This time, they wanted a picture of my photo ID. I waited two days to send them the picture. I got to thinking about it. “Why am I dealing with this crap,” I asked myself. “Maybe there are other ways to…

I didn’t always think it was a gift — *This article has an affiliate link. I may be compensated if you follow the link and make a purchase.* All my life, I have had it drummed into my head. “ you are brain-damaged, you have Learning Disabilities,” yadda, yadda, yadda. …