Happy Father’s Day! To all the men in the world who took a stand to be a father: Grandpa, Papaw, Poppa, Dad, Uncle, Foster Dad, and Step-Dads alike. Brad Paisley said it best in his song “the Dad he didn’t have to be.” If it weren’t for these men stepping up and taking a stand, rather it be their own blood or not, each child would be at a loss, longing for something, and wondering what it was they were missing. Dad plays a BIG role in a child’s life. Ask anyone who has lost a dad. You can ask any psychologist or counselor who has counseled a child with…

Where is your Happy Place? When our summer home, the lake house or cabin as we call in the south, sold, I lost mine. I lost my place, the place you go to get away. The place where you call your “home away from home.” This place was my happy place. Yes, I still have memories and photographs to look through. But my place of peace and writing, my home of 30+ summers, was now gone. All the friends, family, and loved ones that shared this special place know how wonderful it was. But, at the end of Summer 2017, it was time to let go. It’s now summer again,…