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Footprints...all through my house.  I stood in the middle of my living room, broom in hand, trying to sweep up the dirt from footprints left by 40 or 50 of my closets friends and family and the more I swept, the more my eyes filled with tears from the joy...

My soon to be 6 year old daughter, Tegan, has recently discovered that she has a lovely singing voice and as her dad, I couldn't be more excited and proud.  I've known for a while that she has an ear for music just from hearing her sing a long with the radio but its...

I remember the first time I laid eyes on Corey .  He looked out of place and scared as he walked in wearing those loose fitting prison clothes.  He wasn't covered in tattoos like a lot of the other guys were and struck me as the kid that might bag my groceries at my...

My memory of that moment is so vivid because it was pivotal.  It was the moment that all the other moments in my life at that time had been leading up to. The smell of barbecue drifted in the air as I sat and watched the frost on my glass of porter style beer slowly...

The year was 1991 and I, a 12-year-old buck toothed four eyed kid, was in love with a girl named...well, let's call her Christy.  Christy was 14, absolutely beautiful and way out of my league. She had beautiful brown eyes and amber hair that fell just below the middle...

I am king of the almost.   I have almost accomplished a lot of things in my life.  I almost graduated high school.  I almost got my degree in music.  I was almost a successful songwriter.  My band almost made it.  I helped plant a church that almost survived but after...

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton