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Empowering Gabby

In our home, we’re out to save and protect the river otters.  Well, at least one person in our home has decided to.  That person would be my daughter, Gabriella. Gabriella is in 5th grade and will be 10-years old next week.  I call her “Gaphrodite” just to mess with her, especially when she’s wearing one of her toga-like, long,…

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5 Summer Reading Books I Pay My Kids to Read

Yeah, I’m one of those parents.  The kind that actually pays his kids to fill their minds with good stuff.  I pay my kids to read personal development books.  Call me weird.  I’ve seen normal out there and believe me – we consider “weird” to be a compliment around our house. I started this a few years back with the…

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Don’t Forget to Tip Your (Electronic) Server

My son Holden asked me to take him to McDonalds the other day.  I’m not a big McDonalds guy, so when I actually agree to these types of scenarios, one of two things usually take place.  Option #1: I don’t eat.  Option #2: We end up someplace much better than McDonalds. I like “Option #2″ a whole lot more.  So we ended…

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Win Like West

I need to introduce you to a really cool kid I know.  Well, at sixteen years old, he’s hardly a kid anymore – much more like a young man headed into adulthood. I first got to know Westley Burrington when he was about nine or ten years old.  For those of you who have heard my story, you may remember…

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Failure, Hope and Second Chances

A couple of weeks ago my buddy Dave asked my wife Gina and I to participate in a marriage podcast.  Not only is Dave a great friend, but the podcast that One Flesh Awakening produces contains some really great stuff.  We fully agreed to be a part of the process. Going through the podcast archives, it’s fascinating to see how…

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So, How’s That “New Year’s Resolution” Thing Coming? (Part 3)

Today I’m closing out a three-part discussion on New Year’s Resolutions and why so many start off every year with such high expectations, only to have their best intentions fall by the wayside before the calendar page turns to February.  If you missed Part One, you can catch up here.  And if you missed Part Two – the one that…

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