Life, Love, & Laundry

Last night the New England Patriots defeated the Kansas City Chiefs and will advance to their 9th Super Bowl with their quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick.  Now before you stop reading, this article is more than just a comment on the Patriots victory, it is a story about my son who turns 17 years old today.  I am not a giant sports fan but NFL football has always been one sport I really enjoy.  I have been a New England Patriots fan for as long as I remember, before they were a successful franchise.    In 2001 the...

It seems that everybody and their dog blogs in one form or another today and statics show right around 70% of bloggers make zero money from blogging.  There is a blog that covers almost any topic you can imagine, so whatever your interest there is a blog for you.  So why would someone take up this overcrowded space in an attempt to create something people like and read.  I was reflecting on the reasons why for us as a busy family, business owners, homeschoolers, and everything else we would invest the time into a weekly blog.  The truth is, the...

New Year's Resolutions are frustrating. You really plan to do them, everyone sets out with good intentions, but more times than not you fall short and they do the exact opposite of what they were originally intended to do...help you grow to become the person you would like to be. But when we fail at them, we get discouraged and in turn dislike who we are....because we could not become who we want to be. So we try again next year....and the cycle continues.  So, several years ago (I am not really sure how many....possibly 6 or so) I discovered...

Twenty-three years ago today Lisa and I were married on a beautiful day with light snowfall.  The truth was most people expected our marriage not to last because we were getting married out of a sense of doing the right thing.  Why was it the right thing?  Because on October 27th, just a few months before, we had Adrianna our first child. We both wanted to have the baby and both of us wanted to be part of her life, so we decided to get married.  Truth is we were not in love when we got married, we barely knew...

Turn on your television on any given evening these days and you'll likely find all the good parts of Christmas from friends, family, presents, parties, beliefs, and overall joy.  The truth is for most of us, though, Christmas is not always 100% joy and all the good things.  If you have ever spent a Christmas with sick kids or sick yourself you will know exactly what I mean.  If you have ever lost a loved one during the season, you will know the heartache that can come with Christmas.  There is even some bad found in the good quite often when it...