HeyJaredLetters From Matthew
Every 21st of the month. Free thoughts and tales. Writing, mental health, sobriety, midlife.
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Reading My Memoir To Two Other Men (opens the original)
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Dear Esteemed Readers,When people started saying I needed to be the one to perform my memoir’s audiobook, my throat closed and stomach churned.I’ve historically done everything I could to avoid reading my work aloud to an audience. Whenever a radio host or a podcast interviewer or a bookstore owner would successfully pressure me into giving a reading, my heart would pound, my palms would sweat, and I’d sometimes speed through the words too quickly.At a sober fifty-two—and after doing a lot of wo
It's Good To Laugh. It's Good To Sing. (opens the original)
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Dear Esteemed Readers,On a gorgeous spring morning earlier this year, Dad and I were out walking through a local neighborhood when—out of the blue—my father started laughing hysterically.“What’s so funny?” I asked.“My ass … my ass …” Dad said, trying to fight through the hilarity.“Your ass what?” I inquired.“It was blowing … smoke … and I … couldn’t … I just couldn’t … stop.” Tears were streaming down Dad’s face.“Do you mean you were farting?” I
Delighted To Have Found A Solution (opens the original)
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Dear Esteemed Readers,As of today, my debut memoir Dad, Love, Me is officially published. Before we get to the business of that, I’d like to tell you a little story.Subscribe nowLast March, I was shopping on Bay Street here in Beaufort with my fabulous nine-year-old niece, Brexley—or, as she signs her cards to Alicia and me, ‘BX.’ In one gift shop, I found an antique-looking dome magnif
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