Many of us have spent the week tripping over, reading, or sharing a variety of thoughts, blogs, articles, and perspectives regarding drug abuse and addiction. Featured among these content providers were the large group, and getting larger, of parents like me who have made it their commitment to get involved — to help, guide and […]
When the conversation about drugs and addiction comes up, there are some folks out there who really do their best to maintain its dark, judgmental stigma. Their stance that “drugs are a choice” and those who chose to use deserve the consequences of choice. I bet these are the same folks who would love another […]
“Dad, Brandon’s in jail.” Nothing had prepared me much for that little bombshell. In this story, Brandon is my youngest son and was 21 at the time I got the call. That phone call was a significant life-altering experience. It was one of those moments that instantly delivered a life-changing disruption to my sense of […]
“Anything we desire takes time, effort, energy, patience, consistency, and focus. Whatever activity required to get there must also include and reflect your commitment to making someone else’s life better as a result of the effort.” I have only one opportunity in this life — to be the person that I have been called to […]
We cannot have, do, receive or create in others what does not exist within us first. Everything we seek — love, affirmation, leadership, approval — must first be discovered from within before it can be fully integrated into our life. Once that essential component exists internally, is understood and assimilated into one’s being, […]
