The only reason we have four kids is that we can’t responsibly seat any more than that in our minivan. If we owned a school bus, I am confident we would have filled it long ago with precious little souls to raise, care for, and love. Ana and I...

Abagail showed up in my office about a month ago. She was leisurely stretched out along the top side of my podcast microphone. She appeared boldly unconcerned with my presence and didn’t even flinch as I came to investigate. She was molting, as lizards are given to do, with...

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are...

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...