• America

    Wake Up!

    We all get hurt emotionally. Everyday we get hurt. Ostensibly, minor vicissitudes. My plans were cancelled due to rain. I didn’t get the ice cream flavor I wanted. I dropped my mobile device in the toilet. Then there are the types of emotional pains that have more gravitas, that come from our interpersonal relationships, romantic or otherwise. Someone spoke to me in a way I didn’t want to be spoken to. My girlfriend broke up…

  • America

    Taking the Helm

    I now know that opportunity – as it presents itself to me – doesn’t always appear as I might think it would, or as I would hope, given my respective aspirations. I don’t always notice it, even when it’s right in front of me. In fact, I could be intentionally looking for it, and still miss it. I also understand that opportunity doesn’t necessarily come when I need it, or when I most want it.…

  • America

    Boldness

    Preparation. My life has been all about it over the last 16 months. Now, as we stand on the verge of heading out on our imminent journey, the number of responsibilities is finally waning, and the space and time for relaxing into the experience is thankfully beginning to gain purchase. The planning for this adventure has amounted to the single largest collection of related responsibilities I have ever taken on in my entire life. For…

  • America

    The Journey Begins

    I had been contemplating the possibility of traveling around the world with my boys for a few years, dating back to just after my wife died in early 2014. I held the notion close to my heart, but yet far enough away from my head so as to allow a sense of excitement to rise without being attached to any of the myriad external realities of making it happen. That was not something I did…