When you are an adventurer, there are always special places you go that you like to keep to yourself. (It is much harder today with GPS, Google maps, drones, social media and geo-tagging, but you still try to keep things on the lowdown.)  For my family, we had a special lake up in the woods about…

Did I fly through the air incredibly, like a bird? Did partake in the miracle of human flight … I’m flying! It’s amazing! Everybody on every plane should just constantly be going: “Oh my God! Wow! I’m flying! I’m sitting in a chair, in the sky!” — Louis CK For the first time in many…

949 Days. 2 years 7 months 7 days. 31 months 7 days. That’s when I first lost my sense of smell and that’s how long it has been since I have not regained it fully. Currently, I am about 50/50 I would say, between anosmia (no smell) and parosmia (altered smell). It has been such…

If you do any research on childhood development, you will find study after study that underscores the importance of the role of a father in the life of a child. Particularly in boys, a father plays a very crucial role in the growth, formation of values and even self-esteem.  Many kids grow up without a…