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Jim Carrey once said that grief is not just a passing emotion. It is a place. A sacred space where something lived intensely but is no longer there. Grief goes through you without asking permission, leaving a deep void right in the corner where love once inhabited. At first, the pain seems unbearable, like anContinue reading “Grief”

Girls, I don’t know what age you will be when you read this. I’m not sure what phase of life this moment will find you in… Let me tell you the phase I’m in… Challenges. There are challenges everywhere I turn. I run the school, I’m trying to help the town, I’m running youth sports,Continue reading “When the Challenge Seems Too Large”

Girls, Once again, it has been a minute since I wrote you.  Things have been going really well for both of you.  Avaleigh is entering the 6th grade, Lindley is entering the 5th grade, and your Mom just started another job.  Everyone is doing good. Over the past few months…especially the past year…I have beenContinue reading “This is what you chase…”

There are two things I will never understand…. I love you. Dad

When you told me you loved me more than the whole world…it made me feel so good. For you to touch me and tell me that, it was the most significant moment in my life. Thank you. I love you. Dad

You….are my favorite. You are my favorite smile, my favorite face, my favorite voice. You are my favorite person. I will love you, always… Dad

Girls, It was you that made me a father. It was you that stopped me in my tracks and paved new ones for me. It was you that reduced me to the rubble of myself, and then built me back up stronger. It was you that gave me so many reasons for being comfortable inContinue reading “To My Girls…”

Anyone who tells you that being a father is the greatest thing that can every happen to you… They are understating it. You…. Blessed…. Me. I love you. Dad

You don’t raise heroes; you raise daughters. And if you treat them like daughters, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it is just in your eyes. I love you. Dad

It is much easier to become a father than to be one. You taught me this. It was the lesson of a lifetime…. I’m grateful for you. I love you. Dad