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Honest reflections on fatherhood, faith, healing, leadership, adventure, and the space between expectation and reality.
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The Choice Some journeys look perfect on paper. Wide. Well-marked. Affordable. Efficient. They promise predictable footing and a gentle grade. No technical scrambles. No exposure. No risk of sudden storms rolling over the ridgeline. And yet, when your…
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Some days, when someone tells me they want me to be happy, I have to pause. Not because I don’t appreciate the sentiment, but because…
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The Question Some questions don’t feel like questions at all.They feel like a pause in the trail. The kind where you stop mid-stride; not because…
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Deep Questions Yesterday in my sixth-grade English class, we were talking about emotions. Not the tidy, laminated-chart versions that live on classroom walls and get…
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Some stories don’t stay where you leave them. They don’t fade when the chapter ends or quiet down when the trail curves away from the…
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Several years ago, I wrote my eulogy. Not because I was morbid.Not because I was giving up.But because I wanted a compass. I wasn’t trying…
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The Silver Screen Movies speak to me.They always have, and I suspect they always will. Stories find us when we stand at the edge of…
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A Different Kind of New Year’s Resolution Every January, the trailheads fill up. Gym parking lots overflow. New shoes hit the pavement. Promises are made…
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Healing, I’ve learned, isn’t a finish line you cross; it’s a trail that never really ends.It winds, it doubles back, it disappears in fog, and…
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The Weight of the Pack Every long hike begins the same way: with a pack heavy enough to question your judgment.We start with everything we…
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