All of us have something that our emotions can't deal with. For some people, it is childhood illness. For others, it may be mistreatment of animals, domestic abuse, or something else. When we are confronted with the struggles of those victims we try to deny it, then...
I grew up in Nashville and country music is part of my DNA. It's not the first thing you'll hear on my radio, but if you dig into my music library you'll find a lot of Willie, Hank Jr. and my favorite - the Man in Black. I also love Garth Brooks. When I hear the...
If you read my last post, "Letting Go", you know it's been a couple of weeks since the kids moved out, and I started to mourn the passing of my time as a full-time parent. If you haven't read that, check it out! I still miss them, but I'm adjusting. I'm trying to...
I've had a long month. It started when I moved my daughter into her studio apartment, where she starts her first grown-up job soon. It finished with me driving several hours across the state to drop off my son at college. The return trip home seemed much quieter...
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in the same bad dream? It's a dream where the family you grew up with treats you like an outcast. People you thought were your friends abandon you because your life is a mess. Your boss finds fault in everything you do. The constant...
If you've met Jesus, I hope you'll share your story. I'd love to hear it. If you haven't met him yet, I hope you will seek him. He promises you will find him. This is my story. I grew up in the suburbs of Nashville in a traditional family. I was enrolled in a small,...
A shiver ran through Patrick and he pulled his blanket tighter. The hard earth and cold night air reminded him that he was no longer as young as the men who slept around him. The campfire had burned to embers but there was no reason to rebuild it. They would be...
Sometimes the best advice in life seems upside down at first. Relationships are frequently like that. But if you want different results, you gotta change perspective. I always want more friends. You probably do too. I'm trying to get better at turning people I meet...
After almost fifty years, God's plan for my life is becoming clear. It's not about me doing the right thing in the right place at the right time. He wants me to grow into my full potential. At the dawn of time, while the echo of the creator's voice could still be...
Why are kids hyper-critical of their parents when they will most likely spend the next twenty years becoming just like them? Back in college, my brother and I would get together with our fiancés and spend the weekend at my parent's home in Chattanooga. Part of...
Life is ironic. After a lifetime of struggles, I have finally found peace with my life, only to discover a greater fear of threats to my kids' lives. Their later teens and early twenties are rough on all of us. My daughter is our older child and my biggest struggle...
Jagged and raw, my wound lays open. My senses become dull. Nerves that should connect me to the world now scream and isolate me. Pain becomes my prison and I am alone. I sit in the dark, curled into a ball, crying out without knowing if anyone hears. How long has it...