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Recent conversations started me thinking about how different growing up in Key West must have been from other places. I'm not politically correct, at least not consciously so. I don't have to censor my words because I simply don't have those thoughts to weed out. You know the ones. We did not have racial issues, or at least I can't remember any. So recently, I started thinking...what if I am...

I was called back to the land of my childhood. I had been gone so long that I scarcely recognized anything. Roads that I had traversed a hundred times, if one, no longer held meaning for me. Those old country roads used to hold love, support, family. I don’t know what I expected when I traveled back to say one final goodbye to my Granddad. I can tell you I didn’t expect to find a sky I no...

I just got back from driving two thousand miles on vacation with my son before he leaves for college, and I'm proud to say that we did it "old school." That means with a map, not a GPS, no power windows, no power door locks, and no cruise control. And when we couldn't find something...we asked for directions! I've taken each of the kids out for a week "out West" before they left for college,...

If God had built us without judgment, we’d be better off...maybe...but it’s commenting on what other people wear and look like that makes for an insane amount of laughter and gratitude...the, “There but for the grace of GAWD go I” kind of gratitude. Tell me you’ve never looked at your friend and said something like, “Jeeez, ya think that...

I got so many comments (on twitter) from yesterday's blog that I decided to expand a little and tell you why I decided to join and how I completely disgraced myself and learned humility. It will have to be quick, though, since I really have to get some work done today. I always knew I was smart. Teachers favored me, I finished my homework while the teacher was still teaching the class...

I began writing this article in June, 2009. Today, I bring it up to date. In February of 2009, Chris George's car was found abandoned near a wooded area in Apopka, Florida. Also known as George Onda, family members and friends didn't think much of it because he often took off to go on drug-induced binges. Three weeks later, the family called Apopka police and a search ensued. One of the...