Invisible Those are the scars that I carry on the inside of my body…literally. They are invisible. Today we hiked 1 1/2 miles down into...

Today is my daughter’s 14th birthday. She is speeding quickly into the teen years and I know that the next time I blink, she will be an...

5 Ways to Help Those Who Are Grieving Grief is something that we all have to deal with at some point in our lives. It can be devastating...

And this too shall pass… the infamous phrase that is hastily uttered to an individual experiencing a trial or tribulation of some sort. ...

Over the twenty years that I have been working with survivors of loss due to traumatic death, I have walked many of them through the...

When you think of a leader, who do you envision? What qualities does that individual have? What expectations do you have for them? ...

Waiting for the Dark Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere. Job 23:17 For several days, multiple times a...

You + Me = Loss Today, February 11, 2021 is Chinese New Year. It’s also my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. (On a side-note, how in...

Please Don’t Say… Part 1 of a 2 Part Series. Raise your hand if a friend, loved one, or even a complete stranger has said something to...

What did you lose in 2020? Everyone lost something or someone in 2020. Every…single…person experienced loss. When reading those words,...

It’s December 1st…of 2020…one of the hardest years we have been through in recent memory.⁣ At midnight last night, I sighed a bit of...

Dear Steve, It’s a little after midnight here in Texas. You have been sitting at the feet of Jesus with your daughter for almost a week...

Today is #WorldAdoptionDay. November is Adoption Awareness Month. I’m an adoptee. My adoptive father is adopted. And my daughter is...

When I was a twenty-two-year-old rookie firefighter standing in the devastation of this fire and what was left of the life I had dreamed...

I was sitting on a physician’s stool in the corner of trauma bay 2 at the local hospital emergency room. My fingers interlaced tightly, I...