An excerpt from Ch. 4 of Never Settled: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood by Shawn D. Congleton

When I say I moved a lot, it’s not in the way you might think. After I tell people this, their next questions are usually, “Was your father in the military? Was he in the ministry?” Families who “move a lot” due to ministry or military don’t compare to my experience. Those that have servedContinue reading “An excerpt from Ch. 4 of Never Settled: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood by Shawn D. Congleton”

Are you emo?

Their courage struck me from the beginning. I was really impressed. I couldn’t believe that I was sitting around a table of five teenage guys from this inner-city high school bearing their feelings.  They had been through difficult times, for sure. But, it’s not every day you hear five teenage guys talk about being sad,Continue reading “Are you emo?”