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What MEANING are you choosing to give events in your life? There’s an ancient story about a rich family who was asked by God to leave their home and all their riches because the area they were living in was going to be destroyed. After leaving the city and traveling by foot for a few…

I got caught. And it was… kinda beautiful. Grief is interesting. It’s been almost 4 years since my beloved wife of 30 years and the mother of my 6 kids Shelly, passed away. I feel like I’ve experienced all 6 stages of grief… plus more. A LOT more. And I’ve even gotten to a place…

Then it happened. To my surprise, his car zoomed by me and in a fit of rage he screamed an obscenity and shot me the bird. As I watched him zoom away, I noticed a bumper-sticker that read something profound… and I was… C O N F U S E D !! Why? Because typically,…

Shelly didn’t know. I didn’t know. Nobody knew. What if YOU knew it was YOUR last day? Yesterday, I found myself thinking A LOT about legacy. The wonderful legacy that Shelly left. The way she impacted others. The way she impacted me and the kids. The way she beautified the world on such a wonderful…

This morning I woke up teary-eyed. I’d dreamed about Shelly again and when I woke up the grief of her absence was a bit more than I could handle. Broken hearts can sometimes be so overwhelmingly painful. So… I considered, as I wiped away my tears… should I just call in sick for the day?…

I almost got stopped for a D.W.D. And it could have cost me A LOT to get out of “PURPOSE PRISON.” As I dropped Ricky off this morning and was driving home something didn’t feel right. You know, because typically every morning, I jump out of bed ready to conquer, fired up for the day,…

“How do you do it? What’s happened to you isn’t fair. I’d be ticked-off.” Recently I came across an old friend I hadn’t seen since Shelly’s passing as I shopped at Wal-Mart. As I saw him (and he saw me) he looked at me and quickly headed straight towards me. “How you doing?” “I’m doing…

Recently, one of my kids made a decision that caused him to have to face some harsh consequences. The kind of consequences that can be… well, heart-wrenching. But… at the same time, allow him to learn valuable lessons about how the world works. I was not surprised. I could foresee the consequences were a possibility…

As I have faced a very stressful challenge I have been bolstered by following the advice of this quote: “Work is honorable. Work is good therapy for most problems. Work is the antidote for worry. Work is the equalizer for deficiency of native endowment. Work makes it possible for the average to approach genius. What…

I just couldn’t listen… until… I’m not very musical. I’d LIKE to think I can sing if I have to. I mean, I can carry a tune. But instruments? Nope. Not even a chance. At one point when I was 23, I tried taking piano lessons. But after a few lessons (2) my instructor said,…