• Thick As Blood

    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...
  • Raising Kids On Fighting And Iron

    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...
  • The Morning After Milton

    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...
  • Milton’s Rain Got Here A Day Early

    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...
  • Celebrating Twelve Years And More

    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...
  • Ice Cream Saturdays

    I have always judged Saturdays to be the most agreeable day of the week. As a boy, I spent many of them at the Nash Cafe in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, sipping Coca-Cola from a glass bottle while for a nickel, the Seeburg would play our favorite songs. And catty-corner from...
  • Podcast: Why Homeschool Is Better For Our Kids

     My wife and I decided a very long time ago that we would homeschool our kids so that we could have the flexibility to travel and do all the things that fit our lifestyle at the time. Three years ago we moved to a small city in Florida,...
  • Saturday Mornings

    Saturday mornings are my favorite because it’s the one day each week that I don’t work. If I have my way, it starts with our family going to morning prayers at church, then over to our favorite coffee spot. I expect more from that first cup of the day....
  • Cole’s First Fish

    A few days ago, my son Cole and I went fishing for the first time. Few traditions between father and son are more revered than the boy’s first attempt at providing sustenance. It has been a historic rite of passage for generations of sons who while staring tentatively yet...
  • His First Knife

    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...
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