• I’m About To Do Something And This Is Why

    Some people are natural born athletes. They can run and leap and bend and twist and do things with an alarming ease that prove difficult to mere mortals. They have fit and athletic bodies regardless of what they eat, it seems, and they can do many things wrong and...
  • Deep Gratitude

    The sun was still dreaming of the snowy mountain tops and sandy beaches and the appreciative faces it would warm today when I woke this morning. Ana’s body was pressed against mine, her skin and hair fragrant and I paused to just look at her beautiful face as she...
  • Keep Rising and Grinding

    “Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ?” 1 Corinthians 6:15 I’m convinced that old Bodybuilders judge their days solely by the pain their workouts generate. Every old gym rat has at least one injury that refuses to leave the past in the past. And those...
  • Hangin And Bangin With The Boys

    I had just turned sixteen the first time I walked into the Regina Athletic Club. In retrospect, “walked in” doesn’t paint a truthful picture. It was more like a terrified slink than an actual walk. This was a gym for real men, big men with barn-door shoulders, Herculean backs,...
  • Lemon Ice Cream And Big Black Trucks

    From the very second he opens his eyes and a huge morning smile fills his handsome little face straight through to “dark time” each night when his blankets get tucked under his chin and mommy prays over him and kisses him goodnight; Cole Goodlad is a three-year-old boy, and...
  • Back On The Bags

    There is a point in life when you come to accept some things and let go of aspirations more suited for a younger man. The salad days of me thumping my way around a ring or cage, or an alley for that matter, are well behind me. Yet despite...
  • Gaining Perspective

    There was a time when quiet was all I had. The place where I hung my hat was spotless. Everything had a place and was in its place. My fortress was well-provisioned and ready to stand bold against any natural disaster, civil malfeasance, or unforeseen catastrophe. I’ve been accused...
  • Being Old Is A Choice

    Well, I suppose that’s not an entirely true statement because, as the Olde English saying goes, “Time and tide wait for no man.” But, how a man invests his time, be he young and spry with the dream of endless horizons or longer in the tooth and comfortably waiting...
  • The Last Goodbye

    Since the day I got the call from his son, the one he named after me, I have been thinking about the last few seconds of his life. He was sitting in his vehicle, the muzzle of the gun pressed against his flesh, and somewhere deep inside, he found...
  • Back On The Job

    The last ten days have been intense. I have been pushed to my limit physically, emotionally, and intellectually. When I finally reached the point where I thought I couldn’t handle more, I learned that I could. And as I sit here reflecting, after a long sleep and a few...
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