Reaching up for a hug, Today, care comes from another, Studying cracks and following wrinkles that lead deep into eyes. Those eyes known...

A few days ago, I wrote about my eldest's son Simon's twelfth birthday in The Daily Scroll. It's easy to be a dad. In fact, for many men,...

Edwin is a good man. He has been working the till at a hardware store close to our home in San Juan since he established the shop around...

On the way back to Cacalote, we began to discuss rentals with Israel, our driver. He told us about all the available options and again...

Live by the coin, die by the coin. A month ago, we found ourselves crossing the border into Mexico at the Tapachula crossing at 1:00AM....

A few days ago, it was my birthday. My loving wife let me know that I was going away for a few days to take some time to clear my mind,...

Fifteen years ago, I met a woman that I instantly became best friends with. We sat in her car talking about our lives, families,...

As a storyteller, I have always preferred music that contained meaningful wording. I like lyrics that transport me to places off the...

There's a shift that happens in one's way of thinking with travel. It's why we've been ok pulling our kids out of school, homeschooling,...

Six weeks in Guatemala after a big move and lots of change. I want to zero in on each of the kids, look at the challenges they are facing...

Everybody knows that the key to happiness is gratefulness. How to be happy isn't the question. The question is how to practice...

Time flies by. The day I learned how to ride a bike is a memory so vivid that I feel as if I could grab it. Yet, that was over 30 years...

It's a big issue. Fathers many times burden themselves unnecessarily by keeping their emotions to themselves. Debt, negativity at work,...

In this post, I'm going to explore what it means to me to be a man, and what I could do to be a better one. To me, being a man means...

It's been 11 years since Christina fiercely traversed us through that right of passage and earned us the title of parents. Although I...

Dear Diary that I hope everyone reads, It's been a difficult yet exciting couple of weeks for us. Strangely, those two feelings could...

Little by little, we are clearing out the house. The junk drawers are getting noticed. The dings on the walls are becoming more visible,...

Right before thanksgiving 2020, we decided we needed to shake things up a bit in our home. We had noticed that, although we live at a ski...