I recall an instance from several years ago while Jen and I were still living in our first home. I was in my kitchen and I heard a loud ‘bang’ followed by what appeared to be flashes of light seen through the front window. It was daytime so I knew it had to be a [...]

I was woken up this morning at around 4:15 by the sound of my daughter gently crying as she entering my bedroom. She’s basically been in the pool non-stop since school got out and her dedication has yielded a painful case of swimmer’s ear. A couple of children’s Tylenol and a quick prayer got her [...]

So I’ve observed on my journey through life that Valentines day seems to be a pretty polarizing event in our culture. To offset the love sick and lovestruck around us who throw themselves into Valentines Day like a 12 year old girl at a Bieber concert, we have a growing counter-Valentines Day movement who are [...]

It was 35 years ago this week that an iron ore tanker called the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the icy waters of Lake Superior. All hands were lost. This tragedy was instantly devastating for the shipping community and the families involved, but the story didn’t come to national prominence until the following year (1976), [...]