What’s In A Name?
Names are funny. We can use them to live in an identity that was given to us, create an identity we want to live in instead, or to remind us of…
A Near Divorce, A Do-Over Dunking, And A Brother’s Love
It was September 2018 when Jon and I came to a big decision… Things had gotten pretty bad between us, and we were both done. It was a calm decision, not…
Here A Ray, There A Ray
And I thought of Zach... I thought of how much it meant to me that I got to experience being at General Conference for the first time with my brother and…
Be Still, And Let Go
“Uggghhhh,” I groaned, irritated at the obnoxious ringtone I had yet to change. I grudgingly picked up my cell phone and peeked at the screen to see who it was. “Nope,”…
A Poison Pill A Day Is All I Need To Keep Death Away
“Well, it’s what we thought. Your blood results confirmed you have Chronic Myeloid Leukemia…” The chubby hematologist with the world’s worst bedside manner continued rambling on with facts and figures, but…
It’s Not The Fall That’ll Kill Ya, It’s The Sudden Stop At The End
It was mid July of 2017 when I drove under the archway of Camp Shawnee with a van full of teenage girls. We were giddy with excitement and ready to take…
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know, Until You Do, You Know?
I wanted to turn around to see where the danger was coming from, but at the same time, I didn’t. Every single fiber of my being told me if I did,…
