The Written Path

A journey of growth through writing—poetry, prose, and the transformative power of words. Weekly reflections on resilience, lessons, and life’s enduring challenges.

Articles

Writing

Sep 8, 2025

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4 min read

Time & Space

The calendar marks days, but healing requires choice. In the space time creates, we learn to build ourselves anew.

Eric Brown

Writing

Sep 2, 2025

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5 min read

The Stories We Don't Tell

The weight of what happened in Afghanistan lives in the stories I can't tell. Twenty years later, I'm learning that some truths are too heavy for words, too sacred for anything but silence.

Eric Brown

Writing

Aug 26, 2025

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5 min read

The Letter

There are words you write when you think you're dying, stained with the dirt and blood of the moment you thought was your last. Sometimes you live to frame them.

Eric Brown

Writing

Jul 29, 2025

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13 min read

Jimmy's Story

The Kid from Queens

Eric Brown

Jul 23, 2025

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7 min read

The Brotherhood That Waited

After decades of carrying our stories in isolation, a hotel reunion taught us we were never as alone as we thought. Some families are forged in fire and proven unbreakable by time.

Eric Brown

Jul 20, 2025

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6 min read

The Weight of Words

Through notebooks filled with truth, I discovered that the heaviest burdens grow lighter when we give them voice on paper

Eric Brown