Sometimes I need to remember this is a special journey. Some days the routine can be and is a little mundane until I am reminded there is nothing ordinary about this Cycling for Recovery mission. It doesn’t happen every day, but it has occurred enough that as I begin to reflect on all impromptu conversations […]
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” ~ Carl Bard This past Easter weekend was a reminder about resurrection and new beginnings. A transformed life begins when you look past the present and forward into the future. There is […]
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. ~ Edith Wharton The lessons, experiences, and outcomes associated with my son’s addiction has been a long, difficult journey. Sometimes it seems I cannot take another step, fight another battle, or endure another challenge. Then I realize if […]
“Our inner voice possess the greatest insights to our desires and our soul, we need to respond to its direction more than anything else.” ~ DC The drive and desire to do or accomplish anything really has very little to do with motivation. What puts that call to action in front of us in the […]
This past spring I completed a 7700 mile journey across the United States. My trip, officially known as the 100Pedals Drive N Bike, took me through 20 states and 16 cities where I made eighteen presentations on my experiences and perspectives as a dad dealing with a son’s heroin addiction. My audiences ranged from treatment […]
