It’s Up to Us

February 11th whispered softly by. There was no birthday cake or fun celebration. Only a few silent tears for a precious little boy who for three years was a twinkling light on the path of those around him. Michael would be thirty-one years old. I will never forget...

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Today is a wonderful celebration of love. I have to admit that Valentine’s Day played a crucial role in the love of my life. In our first year of college, I was pretty certain very early on that my now-wife was the girl for me. She, on the other hand, took a bit...

Love Is Not a Victory March

My mother’s favorite song was a 2007 Virginia Gentlemen recording of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” So when my wife sent me a video of Pentatonix, another a capella group, performing this song, their beautiful rendition was bittersweet. In...

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