My daughter won’t be attending traditional school for the foreseeable future. It wasn’t an easy decision. In fact, it was difficult, emotional, confusing and stressful. You see she’s going into first grade and she’s pretty darn smart for her age. She’s been very aware of the world in the midst of the pandemic and hasContinue reading “Back to school”
Author Archives: Shay Burk
The phone in my hand
If you know me, you probably notice that I literally go no where without my cell phone. I walk across the office at work, my phone is my hand. I run outside to check on the kids in the backyard, I’ve got my phone. It goes with me everywhere. Some people might think I’m addictedContinue reading “The phone in my hand”
Toughest day of the year
I’ll be honest with you. I’ve tried to write this post probably five times and I’ve never found the right words. I’ve been planning this blog post for weeks knowing that today would come even though I hoped it wouldn’t. It was six years ago today that my sweet Cora died. Cora and Anna, myContinue reading “Toughest day of the year”
My daughter wears a mask
When my co-worker asked me today how my daughter was handling the pandemic, I wasn’t sure how to answer. I’m fortunate in that she’s so young she doesn’t have a lot of close friends yet so she hasn’t bugged me repeatedly about going to friends’ houses. That’s not to say Anna, age 6, doesn’t knowContinue reading “My daughter wears a mask”
Back to work
I went back to work this week and by all accounts, I think the week has been a bit of a disaster. So I’ve been on furlough for three months and got the call to come back to work last week. However, due to some appointments and my daughter’s dance recital, I had to putContinue reading “Back to work”
I wanted to call my dad today
I wanted to call my dad today. My dad’s been gone seven years and I still have his number in my phone. Every time I’ve gotten a new phone, the numbers just transfer from one phone to the next and it’s still there. Over the years I have deleted old numbers of people I don’tContinue reading “I wanted to call my dad today”
Change isn’t easy
I got called up today. No I don’t play baseball and I’m not headed to the majors. Instead I got the call to go back to work. After nearly three months on furlough, I’ll soon be returning to work. And it’s funny. “They” say humans are creatures of habit and I am what some wouldContinue reading “Change isn’t easy”
I miss my dad today
Eight years ago at this time, my dad was still alive. He was sick and his body was again beginning to forsake him with a cancer that would win just a few months later. But he was still alive, still here on this earth. He was still my mom’s partner, Ivan the miniature Schnauzer’s companionContinue reading “I miss my dad today”
Love is love
My first real memories of the LGBT community outside of watching “Ellen” and “Will & Grace” were in college. I grew up in a small town in the middle of Nebraska and I just don’t have many memories of knowingly interacting with LGBT people. It’s not to say it didn’t happen. I just don’t remember.Continue reading “Love is love”
Not a job, an opportunity
I think I’ve finally begun to figure out some things in my life. Haha isn’t that funny. We all feel like at some point we’re trying to figure out who we are and what our grand purpose is. For years, I tied so much of who I was to a job, a career. That’s whoContinue reading “Not a job, an opportunity”
