Have you ever felt like something is missing? Perhaps you “have it all” (wife, kids, job, etc.) and yet you aren’t loving life? Maybe you go through the motions and pretend that all is well when it just isn’t. There are other times when you are quite aware that...
It’s going to happen again. It always does. The horrifically tragic and senseless events this past weekend at the Tree of Life in Squirrel Hill are another example of evil rearing it’s ugly head. This one hit home for those of us in Pittsburgh more than...
I was talking with my good friend Brian Herr about my sister’s latest blog post. It was about the simple need for companionship. It referenced my son Trey. He had a girlfriend in pre-school. I mean, she was HIS girlfriend. Other girls wanted his attention...
Imagine your child runs up to you. They’re bleeding from an unfortunate umbrella as a parachute off of the roof accident. You take to action and give him two aspirin. Good parenting right? No? Oh, that’s right, a blood thinner to someone that is...
You saw that correctly. Bella was in Sunday school and they asked, “How have you come closer to God?” Her answer was through the death of her grandfather and brother. Trey was diagnosed when Bella was five and died when she was nine. Two years later...
We pray as a family every night. Joe and Bella pretty much say the same thing every night. They may mix it up a bit given what has happened that day or even say, “No thank you.” Granted, one day last week Joe began his prayer with, “OK...