It’s been just over a week since getting the news that a dear friend of mine passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Danielle (Tschirky) Montiel was my age, with kids…
Category: Personal
Quick Review: The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting
I have recently done several reviews on Brene Brown’s books – you can search this blog for reviews on The Gift of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wildnerness. Before…
1 Day 3 Kids 3 Ways of Affection
Our family is in a bit of transition, and we have been it seems for about 2 1/2 years now! But recently we made a move to a different part of the…
Personal Reflections on the LA Riots Part 1
It’s crazy to believe that the LA Riots or “civil unrest” was 20 years ago. As the media has been starting to take people back to what happened 20 years ago, I’ve…
Not a White Christmas for Everyone
This is one of my favorite posts to put up every Christmas – straight from my neighbor’s porch…Merry Christmas!! ————————- I took this picture last week on my neighbors front porch because…
Is Pain the Key to Empowerment?
It’s timely to re-post today one of the most popular posts ever on my blog, or top 10 at least. Morgan’s got another jog-a-thon in the morning (Thursday) and it brings back…
Sunny on the Inside
So my youngest doesn’t get a lot of air time here, but she’s quite fascinating to me. A couple days ago my wife was out shopping with Kaelyn and overheard a couple…
Ten Years to the Day
Do you want to know when this picture was taken? That would be 10 years ago to the day! My wife Christine and I celebrate TEN years of marriage together today. That…
Ever Had a Hero? (With Video)
Have you ever had a hero? Someone who inspires you, who you want to be like, or who you want to spend as much as time possible with because to you they’re…