We have raised our kids to be close, to be respectful, kind and helpful, to each other. To not keep score of rights and wrongs, to forgive, and to love each other and let that love be known. And we have taught them to always be there for each...

A couple years ago we cancelled our gym membership as our kids were getting too old for the child care area. Online we found all the basic used equipment we needed to setup a decent home gym. We planted it in the garage and went to work. Going to...

Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle Psalms 144:1 NKJV I got my first gun when I was just a little boy. It was a .22 caliber, single-shot Cooey rifle, and since Daniel Boone only needed one shot to...

My wife and I are self-employed and I am blessed to have plenty of work to do. But, as any business owner knows, when you are building your dream, there is far more work that needs doing than there is time to get it all done. That’s just the...

Last October, we enrolled our kids in Jui Jitsu. The boys like wrestling and boxing, so I figured they would take a shine to it. However, the girls like being girls, and I didn’t expect their immediate passion for the sport. I started it off with a group sit-down...

It’s been almost a year since I last posted here. I took a break because I wasn’t clear about what I wanted to accomplish with my website. Telling stories is my idea of a good time, but life has changed, and I wasn’t clear about my purpose or what...

The heavier winds reached us on the east coast of Florida around 3:00 AM and while the gusts were fairly strong, all the water on the ground preventing things from flying around as much as they were underwater. A blessing for sure. I stayed up most of the night...

Hurricane Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico, quickly became a category 5 storm and had plans for making landfall on the west coast of Florida. As I write this, Milton made landfall close to Sarasota, Florida at 8:30 pm this evening and is currently pounding the west coast...

So I met this girl. It was all business from the start and neither of us had any interest in anything more. I was a photographer that shot the worlds top fitness athletes for the worlds top magazines, and she was an elite athlete that owned a line of...

Whenever I am called to instruct a firearm certification class for prospective Armed Security Officers, I wonder what I will find when I get there. Carrying a gun for a living, and all the responsibility that comes with it, demands character, work ethic, self-control, a spirit of excellence, and...