by jaymitlo | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog, Death, Faith, Fear, Hurt, Life, Love, Uncategorized |
Horrific tragedy, loss of life, terror, and fear. That is what happened in Las Vegas for sure. A city was traumatized. A nation mourned. Everyone took notice. Why did Stephen Paddock do it? Did Stephen Paddock do it? If not him then who? Regardless of who why? ...
by jaymitlo | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog, Cancer, Comfort, Death, Denial, Faith, Family, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Rachel, Relationships, Trey, Uncategorized |
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....
by jaymitlo | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog, Death, Family, Funny, Life, Marriage, Rachel, Trey, Uncategorized |
Years ago for a quick minute, ESPN had a commercial campaign entitled, “It could happen, so you’d better watch.” They would show great, unsuspected moments in sports where if you weren’t watching, you wouldn’t have seen something...
by jaymitlo | Aug 4, 2017 | Aloneness, Anger, Blog, Cancer, Comfort, Death, Emotional Needs, Faith, Family, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Rachel, Trey, Uncategorized |
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...
by jaymitlo | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Comfort, Death, Faith, Hurt, Life, Trey, Uncategorized |
What can you count on? Really? What is stable for you? What is it that will be there for you forever, never failing, always consistent? What do you value? What is it that takes up the bulk of your time/attention/focus? Where do you turn when things don’t...
by jaymitlo | Jun 23, 2017 | Blog, Death, Emotional Needs, Faith, Grief, Hurt, Jesus, Life, Trey, Uncategorized |
Joe, my son, is on a trip with another local church. He is in South Dakota. He is seeing Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Badlands, farms, mountains and so much more. My niece is on the trip as well. The other day my brother-in-law asked me how bad I was...