These last few days I’ve had my face in my phone more than normal. I’ve been trying to read as much as I can. Why? Well, I know that the more I read the easier it will be for me to write. Why do I need to write? Why can’t I just be a dad,…
Over the past few days Connie and I have been on a college movement crusade. First, we took our daughter to Bowling Green to begin her first year as a college student. She’s a bright and beautiful girl who fills her dad with pride. I still remember the day that we found out about her…
Self limiting beliefs (you know, those things that creep into our “self-conscious” where we sabotage our self image and credibility) are bad enough, but THEN you have other people that add to those doubts. It goes something like this. I’ll tell people that I’m writing a book and beginning a speaking career and here are…
What’s it like when you know that you have to get out of bed, but don’t want to? What’s it like when you want to stay home, but have to go to work? What’s it like when you’ve given a free pass, but don’t want to take it? What’s it like when someone has offered…
I did something new this week. I attended a Cross Country (XC) camp with Connie and Colin in Logan, OH. It was a life changing event. When I came home from Phoenix, where I had surgery (another life changing event), I didn’t want to do much of anything. It was all that I could to…
The last two mornings, I’ve gotten out of bed, poured a cup of coffee and headed for the back yard. Didn’t look through my email. Didn’t check out Sports Center. I DID do my morning stretches, but that’s it. I headed to my little weekend oasis. I don’t have a big sprawling lot with all kinds…
One thing that enabled me to handle adversity was something put in place long before the storm of events hit. This “thing” didn’t happen overnight and it didn’t happen because I said that it should. I didn’t put myself first and that certainly didn’t happen without effort. This “thing” is the relationships that I have…
One of these days, I’m going to write more. One of these days, I’m going to tell my story more. One of these days, I’m going to make time for this. One of these days, I’m going to remember before I lay in bed. One of these days…. One of these days… One of these…
My mom is one of the best cook’s that I know. To this day, she makes mostly everything without a recipe. This goes for everything from casseroles, to cookies, to carrot cakes to pies. When I was a kid, my mom always made chocolate cake with brown sugar frosting. Without fail I would HAVE to…
Twenty years ago, Connie and I held a little boy that would change our world. We were two twenty-somethings that thought we had it all…not to mention knew it all. We lived in the suburbs of Chicago and had good friends that were also new parents. Grandmas and Grandpas were only a 5 hour car…
