Setting Intention For Your Daily Routines

If it weren’t for being intentional about my daily routines, I would be a mess! 🤪 Seriously, the way my brain works (or doesn’t work), I’m very indecisive, easily distracted (diagnosed with ADHD), and I struggle with my memory (a combination of brain damage from a car accident and cognitive decline from 700+ hours of […]

This Post Is About You, But I’ll Start With A Story…

This post is about you, but I’ll start with a story. The day that I was diagnosed with cancer, and given a 20-30% chance of surviving, I called my wife to tell her the terrifying news (she was out of town at the time). As she broke down in tears, I assured her of two […]

My daughter said, “Dad, you’re lucky.”

My 12-year old daughter recently said to me, “Dad, you’re lucky. When you were a kid the world was normal. You didn’t have to deal with all of the craziness that our generation does.” I paused and looked at her with sincere empathy. Then, I assured to her that the world was just as crazy […]

A Love Note From Hal

Why on earth would you commit to spend the rest of your life with another person? I think it’s a fair question, and an important one. Ursula Elrod and I have been together for 17 years, married for 12. On Saturday night, we went out for Valentine’s Day, and we not only celebrated how far […]