Category: Real Life

• Gone Too Long

  There are things that I think and believe that you may wholeheartedly disagree with me on but my hope is you will hear my heart rather than only see an…

  

• Enough is Enough

  Before I even start, please accept my apologies. I try to make it a point not to post anything “reactionary” to events or issues. I like to take my time,…

  

• Burn The Witch

  This has been an interesting week as we’ve watched politicians question Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, about Facebook’s apparent data breach. Not that I mind them questioning the leader…

  

• Reboot: The Art of Keeping Your Word

  We disappoint ourselves so often that we stop believing it when we say, “I’m going to be healthier” or “I’m going to get that next promotion at work”. We’ve disappointed…

  

• Haymakers & Black Eyes

  The other day I walked down to the school to pick up my kids. Jenna normally does this but occasionally, South Orange County traffic makes it inevitable I will get…

  

• Eye of the Tiger

  This week I picked up my copy of Finish by Jon Acuff. Making that even better—I was able to meet Jon when he was in Irvine, CA, at his book…

  

• Fool’s Gold

  As Florida is left in the wake of Hurricane Irma today, I find the chatter on social media to be fairly predictable after catastrophic storms like Irma and Harvey. What…

  

• The Fixer

  Shortly after Desert Storm and I returned to Germany, I was transferred to a new company for the last six months of my military commitment. When I got to the…

  

• Time Flies

  Not that long ago, I was making lunch for my younger kids as they started (for what had to have been the 1 millionth time) the animated movie Toy Story…

  

• Unwanted

  The air was crisp but the sun shone bright in the Northwest Indiana sky. Christmas Eve would normally signal a time of excitement for a 13-year old, especially for me…