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  • Her final request

    Less than five months before Shelly passed away… There She was… sitting on the hotel room floor with tears in her eyes. “WE’VE GOT TO DO MORE.” She wept. It was a long-time coming. It was our 30th anniversary and we’d made arrangements to go on a second honeymoon. Just Shelly and I (no kids)…

  • She knew

    Then She said it. After 20 years of marriage, six kids, countless struggles and trials… She said it. My wife Shelly simply said, as she looked deep in to my eyes… “You REALLY love me, don’t you?” Wait. What? It had been an average Saturday. You know, nothing special. Just the same old day to…

  • From irritant to pearl

    One Sunday morning my only daughter Chloe, came down ready for Church wearing some pearls that I had given to Shelly (my wife who passed away suddenly in October of 2021) early in our marriage. As I saw her approach my eyes teared up and Chloe immediately said, “I’ll put them back, Dad. I didn’t…

  • Weird love affair

    It’s no secret that I LOVE fried chicken. And I’ll never forget the day… I discovered that through an accidental encounter. I was twelve. It was before a football game with the Oak Cliff Jets and I was hanging out with a kid on my team named Don Hobgood. Don said, “Hey Kyle, my Mom…

  • One of them

    My son was upset… until we discussed this. He’d been “DONE WRONG” by someone. And it seemed to be haunting him and keeping him in a state of “unhappiness.” “How could he do that? What is wrong with him? Why would he do that? How could someone be so mean?” Over and over… and over…

  • Outwitting the Devil

    Ever read, “Outwitting the Devil?” I have… and I was “shocked” at some of the ideas inside. And a bit unnerved at my own lack of understanding. If you are easily offended, you may want to pass on this post.Listen to this. The idea behind “Outwitting the Devil?” is that the Devil uses pretty sneaky…

  • The seed…

    “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill I had always believed this quote… I had used this quote to benefit my life… I had seen this quote be proven true over and over again… Until… In October of 2021 when my sweet…

  • For the moms

    Shelly (who passed away in October of 2021) WANTED other Moms to hear this. In early 2020 my wife Shelly came to me with a request. Something she’d never asked me to do before… or since. She then shared with me how she was feeling and in her sweet southern voice she said, “I want…

  • 2 1/2 years

    Two and a half years. It’s a long time… and a short time. That’s how long my wife Shelly has been gone from our family. My sweetheart. The woman I’d built my world around. The mother of my six children. My eternal companion, left this earth to be with our Father in heaven two and…

  • I’m NOT nice.

    Sometimes, I’m NOT nice. Recently, I received a message from a mother who described to me how she was really struggling with her strong-willed kiddo. So, in an effort to help, I asked her for her phone number to call her so we could chat and maybe I could be of some assistance. As she…