A few years back, I had an epiphany.

​

I was sitting at my desk at the big tech company where I headed up communications when I got the call that no one in his mid-fifties wants to get. The new CEO who'd recently joined the firm was making changes and I was being let go after nearly twenty-eight years at the company.

​

I was stunned. I'd put my heart and soul in that company and thought I would retire from there one day. I had a mortgage and kids in college. What was I going to do?

​

My head reeling, I left the office and went for a walk - a long walk. Leaving my car behind, I walked the entire twenty-plus-mile commute home. I wanted to see the route I had been unconsciously racing through for nearly three decades, and hopefully in the process figure out what I wanted to do.

Along the way, I thought a lot about the tradeoffs I'd made over the years in choosing a secure, high-paying corporate job when it was never really what I wanted to be doing. I thought as well about a lot of the tough stuff I'd gone through - cancer, near-death accidents, divorce, depression, and now job loss. I thought of the faith and resilience that gets people through adversity.

​

By the time I got home, I had made some decisions. I would never put my faith in a company again. I would embrace the uncertainty of life and find a way to get back to my dreams of writing and telling stories.

​

Ten years on, I am a published author with two books: The Long Walk Home, which tells my story of personal reinvention, and the forthcoming illustrated middle-grade book, Elysium! Elysium! I am semi-retired and enjoying the simple life at my mountain house in Northeastern Pennsylvania. You can find more about me at my author page, JamesBrianKerr.com. 

In this blog, I share my personal musings on nature, family, spirituality, and the simple joys of life - all told from a man's perspective. 

​

​