You may have noticed that it’s been over a month since I last wrote here on the blog. The truth is that I’ve been wandering in the wilderness for several weeks. Inspiration to write is difficult, if not impossible, when you are struggling with your challenges and situations in life. I imagine many of Read More…
The Fork in the Road
White collar. Blue collar. No collar at all. Some are just starting down this journey. Others have been on this road for many years. Some are youthful, energetic, and engaged. Others are tired, weary, and passive. I look around the room and down the table and I’m struck by the thought that most of Read More…
From Good Riddance to Goodness
“What I ought to do is take a flame thrower to this place!” I saw an article the other day where the author essentially asked of the reader, “Have you ever wanted to just rip a year down off the wall and burn it?” This past year had been very unkind to the writer Read More…
Chosen, Called, and Favored
Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined this would happen. It certainly wasn’t the path she had planned out for her life. When she initially got the news she was stunned. After all, this pregnancy wasn’t even expected in the first place. But to then get the news that this child wouldn’t Read More…
Renewing Our Vows
This morning Becky and I are renewing our vows. We’ve been pointing to this day for some time now. What should we wear? What will we say? I still remember the day we stood in the church and made a covenant before God. “For better or worse, in sickness and health, till death do Read More…
Love fiercely, run the race, finish strong
“You’ve got to be kidding, right? I can’t do that. How am I supposed to do that when I don’t feel it at all?” My wife had just presented an idea she had to our team at work. For the week prior to Thanksgiving, she wanted people to film short videos on gratitude. Each Read More…
Caregivers Aren’t Superheroes
For years I have proclaimed and written that special needs moms are superheroes. I have often proclaimed my awe, amazement, and admiration for the special needs mom and for caregivers. I have shared my thoughts on my own wife and her days as a caregiver to our own son with profound special needs. I’ve Read More…
Superman Turns Eighteen
I was the first person to ever see you when you entered our world. I still remember holding you in my arms for the first time and whispering, “I’m your dad, I’m here to take care of you.” It’s now been eighteen years since I uttered those words to you. We were supposed to Read More…
I Never Dreamed
This week one of my good friends accompanied his eighteen-year-old son off to join the Marines. Another friend sent his eighteen-year-old child off to college. My son turns eighteen this month. Last night he peed in the bathtub. The gap between our life and the life of a typical family is sometimes so Read More…
I’ll Never Let Go
I remember holding him in my arms for the first time just minutes after cutting his cord in the delivery room. I would place his sleeping form on my chest, his head gently laying across my shoulder, as we sat in my chair at night. I would rest contentedly when, as an infant, he Read More…