Chris Madsen
Bio
A blue-collar delivery driver with a passion for writing poetry. I wake three hours before my shift. Listen to mind-altering music and muse! My lunacy fueled in search of finding anything that might rhyme with "Orange."
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Bonus Dad
"You need to lay down the law!" Gary offered advice after hearing about my situation. "Show the kid who's boss!" Then motioning over to his college-bound son sitting around the fire pit with friends. He became compelled to give me an example of his stellar parenting skills.
By Chris Madsen5 years ago in Families
I Can't Hear My Own Pain
I find it a difficult task to forgive others for their actions done purposely to cause harm. When offering forgiveness, I generate an uncomfortable feeling inside that forces me to turn away. I categorize my sadness, anger, guilt, or fear as clinging to the memory of its importance. Then ignore my emotions around the experience allowing it to cement inside my psyche.
By Chris Madsen5 years ago in Psyche
How to Surrender to the Power of a Nothing Date
Date nights have evolved with my girlfriend from simply going to a local micro-brewery for a blackberry cider over a game of cribbage to pitting our wits against a Gypsy in a quest to obtain a healing potion. I credit this transformation from the mundane to our ability to surrender control over events throughout our date. We call these "bread crumbs." Let me show you how, when followed, they have provided unforeseeable adventures enriching our relationship with stories and memories captured.
By Chris Madsen5 years ago in Humans
