I remember when I got my first jackknife. The exact date is a little foggy, but I do recall it was also the day I got stitches for the first time. I was out of diapers by then, give or take a few years, which was a suitable milestone...

Working out only works out when you do it often enough and consistently. But life can get in the way, which means priorities change, and that day we take off to do something or not do something can very quickly turn into a week, a month, and so on....

Ana and I love our family, and our family loves our family, so spending time together is our favorite way to do almost everything. I love the age they are at as they are young enough to have lots of fun just being kids, yet old enough to be...

“The very best firearm brand, model, or caliber is the one in your hand when someone is shooting at you.” ~ The point I make at the start of every Firearm Training Course that I teach~ Every person with an interest in firearms has a favorite brand, model, and...

I spent last week at home nursing my injured back. While I would have preferred to share a rousing tale of heroism where I willfully sacrificed my body to injury to save a damsel in distress, the reality is far less theatrical. Truth be told, I hurt my back...

As it turned out, the Fourth of July weekend this year turned into four days off work. That almost never happens in my world, so I spent a minute considering how to spend it.   Laying in bed binge-watching all four seasons of The Chosen came to mind, and...

I think most people subscribe to the general understanding that vitamins are good for us but far fewer understand which vitamins do what and why we need them. This is a basic overview of the 13 recognized vitamins and what they do. All vitamins fall into two categories, water-soluble...

My friend Randal is a captain with Jet Blue and we were both in San Diego for the day so we met up and toured the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier from the Vietnam war era that is now serving as a museum. This episode is dedicated to all...

The past ten days have been miserable. I’ve been dealing with minor back pain for the past month, and it finally got the best of me last Saturday. It started with some tight muscles, which I neglected to address right away by stretching. Then it progressed to an annoying...

On Tuesday September 19th at 9:07am, with her family around her praying and comforting her, with our hands on her warm little body and her head resting on Ana’s arm, Ellie’s precious heart stopped beating. Her sister asked to lie beside her. Bella knew, and it was beautiful to...