What Robs Your Joy?

What Robs Your Joy?

I have been to mountain top…for a bit.  I have dwelled in the valley…the darkest of valleys.  In both places I have found joy.  Being surrounded by loved ones as I watched my bride walk down the aisle for our blessed wedding day I could have exploded....
A Hurricane is Coming

A Hurricane is Coming

A hurricane is coming.  Irma is bearing down on the good (well, and bad I guess) folks of Florida.  It may just be the strongest ever to come from the Atlantic.  People are preparing the best way they know how.  Stores are selling out of everything.  Things that could...
Why Am I Crying?

Why Am I Crying?

The event is called unWined.  It is a fundraiser for the pediatric oncology hematology (cancer) division of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  I was blessed at speaking at the first one 6 years ago and again last year.  To date, they have raised just under 1...
What Have You Lost?

What Have You Lost?

I was in Austin Texas learning all about emotional needs and emotionally focused therapy.  You can’t do that without looking inward.  I was told that my self-condemnation was “alarming” (thank you very much, I’m quite remarkable)....
This Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

  This picture popped up on my Facebook memories today.  It is one of my most favorite pictures of Trey. If you look into his eyes you see an entire story. He has the eyes of a wise old man, seeing more than 3 year old could/should ever fathom. No hair, body...
I’m Just Worried…

I’m Just Worried…

It happens from time to time.  I only really noticed it in the last two weeks.  It’s something that my son Joe does.  He will completely and irrationally worry about something that basically has no chance of occuring.  It’s not the dark, it’s not...