Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

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    My son got a hold of a phone. I love the result. Published via Pressgram

  • St. Nicholas usually comes to our house. He has found us as we’ve moved. He found us after I grew up and moved out of my parents’ house. He always came to us there. St. Nicholas finds us. And when he does, he puts stuff in our shoes. — When I was getting older, but…

  • I took a break from my sermonizing to capture the sky; it’s pink-dappled clouds on a purple backdrop. It was an image so big that it forced its way through my small office window, distracting me. This moment was two-thirds of the way through, but it captures the chasing-darkness aspect of writing as well as…

  • As much as she loves the gathering with family and her cousins, I think my Baby’s favorite part is the projects. Published via Pressgram

  • If I were to personify the sun, I would find myself waking with a secret companion, hidden in plain sight. So obvious that she could be missed by each of us – especially my spouse, who is no morning person. The sun, my mistress rises before I want to, before I can even bring my…

  • Looking at toys from above, it isn’t hard to imagine my son is a monster terrorizing a village. Or parking garage. And like any good disaster movie, the fuel pumps are found on the helipad. #dpfa Published via Pressgram