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Fight For Your Life IV — If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going
We all face our own versions of hell — disease, loss, seasons that strip us bare. You can’t live there. You claw forward, inch by inch if you have to. This is my story of refusing to quit, and the poem that’s helped me keep moving when the fire got close.
Fight for Your Life III: Be Your Own Best Advocate
Whether you’re facing a major life challenge like cancer or navigating the complex systems that shape your health, career, or relationships, one truth remains: no one will fight for you like you can. Over the past two years, I’ve been living inside the world of...
We Got To Ring The Bell
Confronting Reality and Remaining Resilient
An Amazing Day
The Power of Perspective & Some Rules To Live By
The Dog Days of Summer
Dear Cancer
Turning The Tables
Get Busy Living
Attitude and Gratitude
An Amazing Day
The word “overwhelmed” does not do justice to how we really felt after this past Sunday. The people, along with the outpouring of love and support was unreal to us. For an event that we never wanted to happen, it was truly amazing. The amount of gratitude...
The Power of Perspective & Some Rules To Live By
We were still in a bit of a daze when her phone rang. We were in the car after having just walked out of the doctor’s office with the initial cancer diagnosis. It was my wife’s brother. He was calling her to inform her that his health problems were...
The Dog Days of Summer
Last weekend, while camping in the woods of East Texas, my wife and I were dubbed “The Best Geriatric Pet Parents” by her aunt. We earned this title because of our crew of kids. We have two dogs and two cats. All four of them travel with us, it’s why...
Dear Cancer
Dear Cancer, I think it’s time we had a heart to heart. You caught me by surprise when you showed up. Of all the things that were going on with my health, I never thought it would be you. I want you to know that I’m not mad at you. I’ve come to understand...
The Secret
In 2015 I read a book titled The Secret. I liked it. It was an easily digestible business book on the subject of leadership. It was short and unlike most business books, was formatted as a story. The topic was of a young manager struggling in...
Turning The Tables
In 2015 I started coaching Women’s Roller Derby. My wife had been playing for 5 years, and if you know us, it was always inevitable that I would get involved at some point. We do everything together. I was part of the team’s coaching staff for the...
Get Busy Living
On Easter Sunday – April 9th, I made a decision as I went to bed. I was going to wake up and go to the gym. No matter what. I had to send the message to the cancer inside me that I was in control. I would not be its victim. It picked a...
Attitude and Gratitude
Around the time of my senior year in high school, my dad gave me an audio cassette and told me to listen to it. I had heard of Lou Holtz. I knew he was the football coach at Notre Dame. What I didn’t know is that he was also a motivational...
Other Than the Cancer Diagnosis, I’m Pretty Damn Lucky
Cancer is a fight. It’s in your body trying to kill you. If you take no action and don’t fight back, you’re gone. But it’s not a fight you take on willingly and it’s not a fight that you train for. But if you could train for it, what would that look like?