I'm sorry for what I said, or did, or thought
Ignorance is a starting place for growth
Marcello De Feo
Grew up in kitchens, raised in old-school newsrooms, and humbled by dev teams. I write about the lives I’ve lived and the ones I’m still figuring out.
Essays
Goodnight, my love. Goodnight, goodnight.
A retrospective on mental health and its impact on the death of Robin Williams
Essays
An unanswered call
To love what you do, you must do what you love.
Essays
The ants
A formic-able opponent can get under your skin.
Essays
Notes from a low point
The experience of depression and how to support it
Essays
Love or first punch
It's hard to take control under the threat of violence.
Blog
On LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the United States
Pride Month is here. It is a time to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, and to reckon with the hatred that got us to this point. Since 1958, there have been 408 documented acts of violence against members of the LGBTQ+ community in the United States alone. Nearly half of those
Essays
Life with a rare syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome once defined my life and death.
Essays
The names of the past rise
Grief arrives in an instant. Healing hides in the shadows.
Sports
A Rasmus Ristolainen trade could change everything for the Red Wings
Steve Yzerman must consider the option of trading for the Philadelphia Flyers defender.
Essays
Thank you for my sneakers
Silence, survival, and an ounce of kindness that outshone it all.
Sports
Little Caesars Arena is finally ready to bury Joe Louis nostalgia for good
The Joe Louis Arena hosted the Detroit Red Wings for nearly four decades. A lot of history happened there. Now, it is time to make memories in LCA.