One reason why George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, etc etc hits home with me…

The killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery are nothing new for black people in America, especially for my family, as we’ve experienced heartbreaking loss like this. The only thing that is new is the murders are being recorded now.

Life After My Heart Attack…The Road to Recovery

[callout]This is part 3 of 3 blog posts that I am using to tell the story of the massive heart attack I had on Thanksgiving Day (2018). If you missed them, go back and read Part 1 and Part 2.[/callout] As I've said time and time again, I am so grateful. However, I did...

I Thought, “I Could Be Dying…”

[callout]This post is the second of three that I am using to tell the story of the massive heart attack I had on Thanksgiving Day (2018). Click here to read Part 1 and Part 3.[/callout] I knew something was seriously wrong and I began to believe it was...
The BIG and little Moments in Fatherhood

The BIG and little Moments in Fatherhood

Living in the social media age we get to see into the lives of our families and friends like never before. A quick scroll through my Facebook feed reveals some of the BIG moments my family and friends have been up to. We all share big events, cool things we've...

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Giving Thanks Today and Everyday

Giving Thanks Today and Everyday

I'm cleaning the cob webs off my web site today. Although I've been very busy I haven't posted on my blog in over a month. You may not have noticed because I have been writing, and writing, and writing all over the place. I feel blessed to have the opportunity to...

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Fatherhood, Football, and Putting Family First

Fatherhood, Football, and Putting Family First

This weekend has been a busy and fun weekend for me, my family, and my city, Indianapolis.  Tonight, on Sunday Night Football on NBC, my hometown Indianapolis Colts will play the Denver Broncos.  It is Peyton Manning's big return to Indy after a decade plus of success...

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What Do You Know About the 7 Rings of Marriage?

What Do You Know About the 7 Rings of Marriage?

I recently wrote an article about rubber wedding rings after seeing an NFL player wearing one on HBO’s show Hard Knocks.  The company which sells the wedding rings somehow discovered my article, contacted me, and offered to send me some rings. A couple weeks later a...

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How To Change Your Marriage in 7 Days

Go back with me for a moment and think about your wedding day.  Can you picture it yet?  Can you recall the feeling in the air and your nervous sense of excitement?  Do you remember all of the family, friends and guests that were there to cheer on you and your spouse?...

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How to Stop Missing the Mark as a Family Leader

How to Stop Missing the Mark as a Family Leader

I have posted a grand total of two posts on my site over the past couple weeks.  My goal is to publish a new post at a minimum every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  Obviously I've been missing the mark! Has that ever happened to you?  Things are going well for you,...

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Are You and Your Spouse Due for a Vacation?

Our honeymoon wasn't the greatest.  Shoot, I don't think my wife even considers it a honeymoon.  A honeymoon to her is somewhere warm, near water, or on a beach.  I agree! That wasn't the description of our honeymoon.  So, when my friends at BMWK announced the 2014...

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How to Have Fun and Get Fit as a Couple

Some friends of ours recently let us borrow the workout videos Insanity and P90X.  We decided we wanted to get in better shape, and if we were going to do it then why not challenge ourselves.  Well...both sets of DVDs are sitting under our TV collecting dust as I...

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