Timothy Wyatt

There are a lot of ways one could describe marriage. Attach just about any adjective to “marriage is…” and it is likely to apply. After all, two individuals—no matter how compatible—will experience both good times and bad that ebb and flow along the ever-flowing current of life. I bring up marriage during this month’s column for a very specific reason. I’ve decided to take a page out of the Mark White playbook and talk about a milestone I recently celebrated. On Friday, July 12, my wife, Amanda, and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. Our story, however, is much different than that of the one White shared about him and his wife...

Columnist’s Note: It’s finally here—my long-awaited, much-heralded return to column writing. The applause isn’t necessary, but truly, I do appreciate it. Moving forward, I plan to have a column here in the pages of the News Journal on a monthly basis. I hope you’ll join me here to read whatever it is I have to share.   I didn’t grow up playing baseball. I didn’t even grow up watching baseball. Aside from the occasions in which Chicago Cubs or Atlanta Braves games would cut into whatever station the family television might have been on at the time, I didn’t have much involvement in the sport.   The biggest reason for that is I...