Heart-Strong Adventure

Random Acts of Ordinary

The second story in a series where we look at grief from a variety and some unexpected angles.

15 hrs ago • Jeremy Litchfield

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Let's Talk About Grief

This is the first story in a series where we look at grief from a variety and some unexpected angles.

Oct 6 • Jeremy Litchfield

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September 2026

The Heart-Strong Friendship

A children's book made across prison walls. One collaborator in Maine, one incarcerated in Virginia. Why we're choosing to make it the hard way.

Sep 30 • Jeremy Litchfield

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There's No Such Thing as Self-Published

I've been telling people I'm planning to self-publish my children's books. Lately that word has started to feel like a lie.

Sep 23 • Jeremy Litchfield

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The Ring Isn't a Signal, It's a Reminder

What are the small things you carry to remind you how you want to show up in the world? For me, it started with my wedding ring.

Sep 16 • Jeremy Litchfield

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The Ghost at the Cottage

A ghost story at FDR's summer cottage got me thinking. When the hardest thing happens to us, does it rob us or forge us?

Sep 9 • Jeremy Litchfield

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What Is Suffering?

I told a minister I hadn’t really suffered. His answer reframed the forty years I spent hiding parts of myself.

Sep 2 • Jeremy Litchfield

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August 2026

Nobody Ever Wins a Fight

A line from Road House has been stuck in my head for weeks. Nobody ever wins a fight. Now I'm wondering if I've ever actually won one.

Aug 26 • Jeremy Litchfield

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So Much More Than the Worst Thing

A young boy looked at paintings made inside a prison and said he couldn’t believe prisoners made them. He’d already learned what he was supposed to…

Aug 19 • Jeremy Litchfield

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Grief Needs a Witness: A Campfire Conversation with Rob Reider

A Campfire Conversation with Rob Reider of Sad Dads Club on grief, fatherhood, and why men need a place to feel what they carry.

Aug 12 • Jeremy Litchfield

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A Love Letter to Curtis Memorial Library

A crowd packed a library to watch someone cut a ribbon on a lobby. That's when I knew I wanted to write the place a love letter.

Aug 5 • Jeremy Litchfield

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July 2026

They Weren’t My Stories

A friend lost his hearing the same season he lost his wife. He chose not to be bitter. What he taught me about living your own story.

Jul 29 • Jeremy Litchfield

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