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You Have More to Offer Than You Think

It hit me out of nowhere. I was talking with my wife and suddenly realized: my son’s birthday is in just over a week, he will be twenty-seven. Then, without warning the thought exploded in my mind: “WOW, 5 years Read more…


A Lot of Life Happens in Unusual Places

The other day a seemingly unusual thing caught my attention and imagination, of all things, it was a stairway. Not just any stairway but the stairway that is in the center of our house. The stairway that is the access Read more…


The Journey Always Moves Forward

… we always want to honor the loss or pain of our loved one, but always while we are continually moving forward in our journey. If we don’t then we lose it all, and that is probably not what our loved one would want …


Fit In

This past week I needed a follow-up to some surgery I had done.  It required a one-day in and out visit to the hospital, everything went very well. In the past couple of years, I have had several visits to Read more…


Moments

Life is precious! It is something we all know, but for lots of different reasons we many times forget. Often a seemingly insignificant statement or event can solidify for us how precious, fleeting, and frail life can often be.  I Read more…


Whispers

When you have lost someone, you love deeply pain ebbs and flows. The past few weeks have been particularly painful. I am reminded of how much I miss my daughter. While talking through some of that I said to my Read more…


Hurdles On The Journey To Recovery

I recently watched a trailer for a new movie called “Body Brokers”. Other than seeing the trailer I know nothing about the movie except that it is heartbreaking and appalling. It is based on true events, whatever that means, and Read more…


Hang On

I have mentioned before that this year has been the hardest of the 3 years, 6 months, 25 days since I lost my daughter to a carfentanyl laced heroin overdose. Many times I catch myself whispering the words “I miss Read more…


Unexpected

reaching for one more breath


Consumed

When someone is fighting an addiction everyone around them becomes drawn into the chaos, but we can do some thing to help …