camp courageous
We spent this past weekend in Kentucky at a camp called ‘The Center for Courageous Kids.‘ Indiana’s best friend Scout has been coming...
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this life i live
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Apr 14, 2016
the best medicine
One morning a week I meet a few of my buddies on our neighbor Gabe’s porch for coffee. Gabe is Indy’s best-friend Scout’s daddy. He’s...
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Apr 4, 2016
forrest and jenny
April 4th. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a month already since Joey left this world and made her journey to the next. In some ways,...
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Mar 27, 2016
less is more
Easter is Joey’s favorite holiday. It always has been. Not because of Easter baskets or bunnies or candy or eggs, but because today...
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Mar 25, 2016
high hopes
Joey had every intention of home-schooling Indy as she grew up. For many reasons. But life has changed that plan. I have written before...
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Mar 18, 2016
our town
The first time I came to the place Joey was born and raised in was in April of 2002. It was my first trip with Joey to her hometown and...
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Mar 12, 2016
dust to dust
On Tuesday we laid my beautiful wife to rest. In a grove of sassafras trees behind our farmhouse, with friends and family gathered...
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Mar 4, 2016
a dream come true
My wife’s greatest dream came true today. She is in Heaven. The cancer is gone, the pain has ceased and all her tears are dry. Joey is in...
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Feb 29, 2016
one last kiss
There’s the easy way... and then there’s the best, right way. My wife has always known the difference between the two. And ninety-nine...
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Feb 19, 2016
a week to remember
This has been a week to remember. There have been big parties for little people and small losses with great lessons... and we even had a...
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Feb 12, 2016
the master plan
Our music has taken us to many incredible places and let us experience some amazing things in the past eight years and people we meet...
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Feb 5, 2016
the ties that bind
Some things are meant to be. They’re bigger than us. Bigger than coincidence. And the only way you can explain them is... God. I’ve known...
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Feb 4, 2016
sowing seeds
Spring is my wife’s favorite season. It always has been. It’s when she feels most alive. And this year, in spite of all she’s going...
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Jan 28, 2016
the power of the plus-sign
Seeing our names listed on the Grammy nomination certificate we received recently, I found myself thinking a lot about the ‘plus-sign‘...
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Jan 16, 2016
st. jules
There is a right time to say goodbye. Today isn’t that day. Joey’s best friend Julie has been here for a week and was supposed to leave...
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Jan 14, 2016
cheers
I don’t know where Indy gets her personality from. Joey says it’s from me. I’m not sure I believe her. But no matter... one thing is for...
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Jan 9, 2016
when I’m gone
Joey and I have always tried to record songs that matter to us—songs that we can relate to in a personal way. Some are songs we’ve...
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Jan 5, 2016
seeing the light
The holidays have been a roller-coaster for my bride. She’s had some good days, some bad days—some wonderful moments, and some deep pain...
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Dec 28, 2015
a gruffalo christmas
In the book The Gruffalo, a mouse goes for a stroll through the deep dark wood to find a nut, and he comes upon some difficult obstacles...
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Dec 18, 2015
santa baby
Santa Claus came to our house this evening. He was a week early, but right on time. Some friends of ours from Arkansas, Dave and Nicole...
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Dec 13, 2015
a gift
This past Friday was a gift. Not just because the sun was out and shining bright and the Indiana winter-weather seemed far away (although...
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Dec 4, 2015
it’s christmas time
I woke up early one morning about five or six years ago when we up here in Indiana visiting, staying in the house Joey grew up in. It was...
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Nov 29, 2015
braver than me
My wife is strong. Very very strong. So is her will to live. I have tried to be very careful. To honor her. But my wife is braver than me.
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Nov 23, 2015
manna from heaven
Joey said, “I didn’t think I’d get to see snow again.” Over my shoulder, she saw it... snow. Like manna from Heaven and just what we needed.
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