A Sweaty Boy

Joe Kernan
3 min readSep 23, 2019

When I was in first grade , we lived in a small house in St. Paul. My parents converted the tiny attic into a bedroom for me.

One night I had a very vivid and scary dream. (I don’t remember, but perhaps I had a cold and maybe my parents gave me some Robitussin.) It was a terrifying dream and I recall retelling it to different friends and family members over the years.

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Joe Kernan

I’ve been a soldier, a teacher, an advocate for people with disabilities, an attorney and a ne’er-do-well. I’ve struggled with substance abuse and homelessness.