A few days ago, I wrote about my eldest's son Simon's twelfth birthday in The Daily Scroll. It's easy to be a dad. In fact, for many men,...

Each wrong turn we took led us closer to where we were meant to be all along. We met another young family with a small boy named Damian...

Fifteen years ago, I met a woman that I instantly became best friends with. We sat in her car talking about our lives, families,...

As a storyteller, I have always preferred music that contained meaningful wording. I like lyrics that transport me to places off the...

We are certain of something we currently cannot see. As we pick up little pieces of trash from the beach with a small group of kids, the...

There's a shift that happens in one's way of thinking with travel. It's why we've been ok pulling our kids out of school, homeschooling,...

Six weeks in Guatemala after a big move and lots of change. I want to zero in on each of the kids, look at the challenges they are facing...

We are so excited about what is happening. Just five short weeks ago, we were getting on a plane and in shock that it was happening....

Ouuuulala! It's been a month here in Guatemala, and I have been ITCHING to have the time, health, space, and mental capacity to write...

It’s hard to find a starting point for this section of our family story. There is a lot of great material I am behind on in communicating...

One step at a time. It's easy to get ahead of myself when there is so much to get done. Over and over again, I forget to simply focus on...

When asking friends what their preferred way out of this life would be, the answer is almost always "dying in my sleep." While there are...

The Giving Experiment is our attempt as a family to create positive ripples. In past posts, I've admitted that we have no idea what we're...

Everybody knows that the key to happiness is gratefulness. How to be happy isn't the question. The question is how to practice...

A couple years ago I ran out onto the run way of the Nelson airport and stopped a small plane that was doing approach and landing...

Achieving goals doesn't just happen. 35 years have gone by, and I'm still not the fireman I said I would be back before kindergarten! The...