The Kings Sword

 I started thinking about this a few days ago as my two year old started falling asleep in my arms. As she laid there, so innocent and peaceful, tears started to fill my eyes. There is an uncomfortable understanding we all have as parents, but in my opinion, we do our best to not bring them to the front of our mind. The truth is one day my baby won’t be a baby anymore, she’ll have her own friends and her own plans and views of the world, and one day I won’t be there to rub her back and tell her I’m there when she starts to wake up at night. Every moment with her is a moment of purpose, wrapped with excitement and mystery. The best cure for the often overwhelming depression I deal with is seeing that smile or listening to her sweet voice, and while I never let her know I’m not okay, for it’s not her job to comfort me; her natural presence is more than satisfactory. Parents! Don’t take this time for granted. Don’t allow the foundation of a beautiful parent/ child relationship to not ...

 Fundamentally life is a difficult thing to maneuver. Sadly, we live amongst a society that would rather dwell on the negative and spread it like wildfire in their communities. Love is such a vital need to human life, PERIOD. From the moment we’re born into the world we thirst for the care, love and attention needed to survive. Unfortunately there’s so many people who lack encouragement, love and support. The amazing part is humans are so resilient, it’s shocking how little of these things are actually needed to change someone’s perspective. To those experiencing a storm, wether it be crippling depression, fits of anxiety, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, addiction, chronic illness, a break up and so many other countless struggles to name, hear this. One thing we can be certain of is that the highs and the lows will come. I’ve experienced so many low points in my life it isn’t even funny. There were so many times I couldn’t see a way out, there was no silver lining in the clouds th...

 I feel at least once in a persons life they’ve experienced a broken heart. If they are a person like myself, sadly, it’s a sentiment that’s been trudged through on numerous occasions. I think I can date it back to being a child the first time my heart was fractured. Actually I believe it’s my earliest memory. I do not remember how the entire day went, but I assume it went as many five year olds days go. Carelessly floating through moment to moment, living in the now. That’s a skill I envy about children, their inability to see far into the future allows them to fully enjoy life’s beauty, wowed by the smallest details in a rather large world. I don’t remember which season it was, I’m sure I’ve blocked all of that out. If it was summer I imagine myself playing frivolously outside with close friends hoping the sun never went down as if it were Alaska. If it was winter I imagine playing indoors with the before mentioned friends while my mother made hot coco and tea for us to drink, fi...

 Hello All! First and foremost I would like to thank you for taking time to come to my site. I’m sure many of you are submerged in life’s many ups and downs. I wish you well among your journey in this beautiful endeavor.  I decided to start a “The Kings Sword” for many reasons. First and foremost, it allows me a place to come share what means something to me, and while consumed by working on other projects, novels, commissions, and other projects alike, it’s an escape where I can spend time with you.  Here I will be publishing some of those stories, poems, and sometimes even just a look into my mind, sharing the journey while in the process of completing my first novel, hopefully soon to be published, available to you on your E-readers and in physical copies as well.  Second, for many writing is an outlet, a quiet space with oneself away from the commotion of the worlds alarming amount of nonsense that seems to just continue to be growing. This serves as that space f...