Author Matthew Heneghan

Some four nights ago, I was walking home beneath the black of night. I was sober, and aware and thus, deep within thought. I traipsed along the cracked but paved sidewalk, ever nearing my destination – a shanty I call ‘home’.   As I began to ascend the stairs of…

I have written many times before about how some days are better than others. Well, today is not one of those days. In fact, this past week has been more or less a steady decline into the pits of rumination and self-loathing. The culmination of that however, is that I…

This morning when the sun rose, shedding light on a new day, I lay on my bed. Slowly allowing for my eyelids to peel themselves apart. After a few exaggerated blinks, I began to feel the familiar and almost daily ache in my lower back. A pain of consequence from…

Growing up without a father can be quite perplexing at times. I know that enters into the realm of stating the obvious but, it’s none the less true.   For those of you who don’t know, or for first time readers, my father was not what you would consider to…

Words. Letters. Words are simply letters sewn together to create a tapestry that pulls from us emotions, and reaction. When done correctly, they have the ability to unify thousands, or, divide them irreparably. For me, the words you read on this screen are merely a representation, a physical incarnation of…

With the recent, and high-profile passing of Chester Bennington by way of suicide, the topic of mental health has once again ignited the social media platforms ablaze! With that, I want to share with you a truth. An ugly truth. Perhaps the hardest thing about what I am about to…

  The day started out fairly benign. A couple of runs to and from the hospital but, that was about it. Until the end of the day, when I just wanted to go home, and that’s when the last call came slinking in. It was for a pedestrian struck by…