Am I worth It?
Wow, have to admit that title was hard to write, now the hard part begins, the blog post. Thinking back to high school I have always felt I was just short of the finish line and that my best wasn’t enough. I remember one such time playing baseball sophomore year. I...
Have You Ever Felt Lost?
That feeling of lost is a powerful one because I would describe it as a top level word, it doesn’t go down to the roots of the matter. It just keeps us in the feeling of not knowing what direction to go in.
Most men in today’s society I feel have a sense of being lost, but are not doing the work to dig deeper and understand what is truly at the core of the feeling.
The Best Father’s Day Gift
It is almost Father's Day, and it can be easy to get swept up into the commercialism of the holiday and figuring out what dad wants. Maybe your dad is one of those that is hard to buy for like me, but I want to share a message that isn't very widely repeated. This...
How I feel
Ever heard the marriage advice, always express your concerns about a situation using the “I feel” method? Its easier said than done, but still a noble goal to work towards. But marriage is not the topic of this post. I realized something after reading a different...
The Belief in Themselves
This past weekend I was watching our new favorite Christmas movie on Netflix, “The Christmas Chronicles.”
Its not new this year, but it was last year, and we probably watched it 10 times last year. This year it hit me a little different now being on the other side of 50 podcast episodes. It’s a great story about Christmas, loss in a family, but most importantly it highlights one of the most important gifts we give our kids.
The belief in themselves.
Veterans Day – A Call to Action
On Veterans Days we honor the ones who are with us that served and pay respect to that sacrifice. As a husband, a father, and a Marine veteran it means something a little different to me. When I first transitioned out of the Marines in 2007, being a veteran was...
Why I Cry on the 4th of July
It has been 12 years since I left the Marine Corps and began the long road back to civilian life. As I write this its July 2019 another 4th of July is upon us. Every year we go to a local parade and being in the Midwest, it is filled with lots of Firetrucks,...
When is a Veteran Forgotten?
This answer comes to us from the Disney movie Coco and the celebration of the tradition of the day of the dead. The day of the dead is the celebration of the ones who have left this life and moved onto the next. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends...
We All Need a Little Adventure
I was reminded of this in a recent episode of the podcast with Phil Oblak, episode 21. He recommended the book Wild at Heart by John Eldredge. At the core, the book talks about the need for every man to have an adventure in our life. That from very young age boys...
What day is it?
This is one of the last lines in the movie Christopher Robin. The movie was fun to watch, but it hit a cord to who was I was just a few years ago. I was the dad focused on work, focused on the next thing outside of the family that was going to make me happy...
