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I try and do it in MY family… but I never imagined it would be done to me. A few years ago I got a call from a friend… who “called me out” on a mistake I had made. A serious mistake in judgement that needed to be addressed. Now, I’m no pushover. I’m a…

“You don’t have a problem… you have OPTIONS!” That’s what my Mom said when I went to her with a “serious” life decision. I was 16, and just ready to start dating, but I had, what I thought, was a real problem. Theresa and Sydney, both beautiful, both sweet, both seemingly interested in me. What…

A few days ago was my 59th Birthday… and THIS happened. I was out of town. 1,877 miles from home. Away from my family. As I woke up in a quiet, empty hotel room I knew it was my Birthday. But I had planned for this. I knew I’d be alone. I knew I’d feel…

From the mouths of tiny, sweet Angels. A few years after the passing of my wife Shelly I found myself in Church walking down a hall towards a class I was going to attend. For some reason that day I was broken. Even years after Her passing I sometimes feel shocked that She is gone.…

I have a confession to make. I’m a man. Which means I’m supposed to be the strong one, the one that is the rock, the one that others can turn to if they need “lifting up.” And I like to think I do a fairly good job of motivating and encouraging others when they need…

“I’m going to treat you like a good friend and I want to become what you need in a good friend. I want to feel like you and I can talk about anything at any time and figure stuff out together.” THAT… was what I heard my mentor suggest he was going to relay (in…

Yesterday my basketball “gave up the ghost” and deflated. And my eyes welled-up with tears. Dangit… I am a messed up old dude. You should know. I love to shoot basketball. I don’t like to run, or lift weights, or even walk. But I LOVE to shoot. I’ll run around shooting and chasing and shooting…

Just because you don’t SEE us… doesn’t mean… There’s a very interesting and revealing (almost throw-away) scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 that was SO powerful when I saw it that I had to leave the room so my kids wouldn’t see me. In the scene, Drax is remembering his daughter and wife,…

What makes a person quit? When I was a much younger man (19 to be exact) I decided to try something unimaginable for a frail, skinny, white-boy. I joined a boxing club. NOT because I was a great athlete. NOT because I was exceptionally quick or agile. But because I was frail, skinny and white…

I’m NOT going to the hospital… and I’m NOT going to die. Some of you may already know this, but when Shelly got sick, I got real sick too. But frankly, I didn’t have any time for that. My kids were in shock. They’d just lost their mother. They needed me to be there for…