Family

We don’t know parents that have not felt overwhelmed at some point, and many just accept being overwhelmed as part of parent hood. Throw in the challenges of making a marriage work, running a business or building a career, and finding time for friends and family and you can...

My kids love visiting the farm, almost any farm. And thanks to Vero Beach and our church, we have some welcoming friends willing to let them run free and be kids. Give them a pond to explore, a stick to swing, and a tree to climb, and they will...

When I started dating my wife Ana, and we married almost five years later, having a family was not a consideration. I had some health issues back then, and I was closer in age to most grandfathers than I was to fathers, so it just didn’t cross my mind....

There was this kid, back in the day, who would carry his .22 rifle, brazen as ever, through town on his way to the river. Across the bridge was wilderness, raw, wild, and endless. That’s where he would spend the day, listening to the land, reading the signs, and...

It’s been almost a year since our four kids enrolled in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Their master is a 6th degree black belt and nine time world champion, a Christian, and he runs an incredible gym. All of his coaches know the sport but they also know people and kids...

I carry a gun for a living, and I instruct others who carry a gun for a living. I clean my guns at home, do dry-fire training at home, pack my guns for the range at home, and put on my gun for work at home. My kids are...

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...

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...

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...