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There is a saying in all the success books out there that goes something like this, “Most people looking for success don’t plan to fail… they simply fail to plan.” As I have been taking my steps in learning how to be a writer one…

As I move forward in my endeavor of capturing my journey as ‘The Emerging Man’ and a writer, I have encountered a tendency or two of mine that maybe you share or have shared in your personal journey, maybe writing your first book, starting a…

The day of my uncles service we arrived a bit early to take care of some last minute details with my oldest brother who was asked to do the music. One of the first impressions I had was, how nice it is to have a…

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year, my wife cooks everything fresh the day of and the house smells heavenly. We have dinner at our house for our kids, significant others and my wife’s family. The day was very relaxing considering the week I was…

Roll them sleeves up and get to work Dave. Ever have a pile of work that needs to be cleaned up. With a bunch of different things in your way? Where to start, am I right? I started to write the ‘official’ service a few…

That’s the question isn’t it? When someone dies. Why? I wasn’t feeling that this time, I was feeling, “What a blessing.” Let me explain. My uncle wasn’t sick, he wasn’t bed ridden or taking treatments for anything. He had fallen some weeks back and wasn’t…

My brother pulled up and I hopped in. The ride down to my cousins house was quiet, we talked a bit but not about anything. My brother is older than me and has lots of good memories of our uncle. In his quiet words, “Another…

Today is Monday November 27th, 2017. I am just back from having the last three weeks off of work. I’ve had three weeks off before, but the first time was during the worst train derailment in U.S. history… so I did not really have a…

Looking at my repaired bathroom walls I had a thought. While I was looking at the new bathroom walls where they meet the old walls, see I didn’t do a complete remodel, I only replaced the inner valve, fixtures, drywall and paint around the tub…