I wouldn't call myself superstitious, but  I have to admit that over the past few months, I have noticed a pattern of odd occurrences in my life.  While I was minding my own business during a bike ride on the afternoon of August 4, I was bitten twice in the calf by a...

About a month ago, a  sweet friend of mine and I were texting back and forth and  at the end of our "virtual conversation," my friend "said" the kindest thing to me, "I am going to pray for God to bless you." As I  read what she texted me, I immediately felt like I...

I write so I can remember; I write so I will never forget. Memories and lessons from the past are still so relevant for my life today. I write to reflect on where this journey started, so I can look back and see just how far I have come. I write to share my honest...

Seems hard to believe that twenty-eight years ago this month I married my high school sweetheart. We first spoke to one another at the airport softball fields in Ware County near the end of my tenth grade year. I guess it should have been a sign that our life would be...

Not long ago, I stood on the long pier that stretches from the shore of Daytona Beach out into the water. After my extremely warm morning run, that I wrote about in  my last blog, I decided to cool off by walking on the pier. The breeze was blowing;  it felt so cool....