Shawn D. Congleton

The Benefit Outweighs the Risks

I woke up to news that my high school wrestling nemesis Ty Freel died in a drowning accident. I was stunned. A little shaken. A few months ago, we had reconnected over facebook messenger sharing a few personal regrets with each other about our past. He even apologized for being a jerk when we wereContinue reading “The Benefit Outweighs the Risks”

99 TIMES—I have moved 99 times.

Below is my biographical timeline from my memoir, NEVER SETTLED: a memoir of a boy on the road to manhood. I defined a move if everything I owned went with me and if it didn’t go with me, I no longer owned it. Biographical Timeline Camp Pendleton, CA Fallbrook, CA Camp Pendleton, CA Griffith, INContinue reading “99 TIMES—I have moved 99 times.”