2.28.18

We had a towhall meeting for Wylie Prep last night and a variety of topics from leadership changes, building 22, and campus security were discussed.

But, one board member said something that has stuck with me.

Glance at your problems and Gaze to God!

Cowtown Marathon 2018

I ran the 40th annual Cowtown Marathon this past weekend with John Caddell.  We ran the half marathon.  Below are the results. 

Billy Graham goes home

Yesterday, Billy Graham died at the age of 99.  He is quoted as saying

Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.

A fun fact is that this is actually adapted from a quote from D.L. Moody, one of Graham's heroes.

Some day you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody, of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now. I shall have gone up higher, that is all; out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal—a body that death cannot touch; that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.

Shelley and I went and saw him at Texas Stadium in 2002. Here is an article.  I was a new Christian and it was a powerful night for me.

He will be missed but his legacy will continue to grow.

Another School Shooting

Yesterday, in Parkland, FL, there was another school shooting.  Seventeen people were killed by 1 gunman.  The gunman was actually caught so we might get some answers as to Why? 

But, needless to say that this has sparked the gun control debate again.  But, it is obvious from the shooter's social media he is disturbed.  Also, it appears there was a lot of warning signs that no one did anything about.

Unfortunately, there is evil in the world and God is really the only solution.

Valentine's Day

This time of year is always special because a week before Valentine's day is when I first met Shelley and 2 days later is when we went on our first date.  Below is the video I sent her this morning.  I actually don't remember ever seeing the video because it is pretty 80s and pretty cheesy but I always liked the song.

The Olympics

The winter olympics are underway and they are in Pyeongchang South Korea.
I haven't gotten into them just yet but I'm sure I will.  The one thing that is nice is that it is a 15 hour time difference so they have scheduled a lot of things so they are live at night.

I never can decide if I like the winter olympics more or less than summer.  I like a lot of the speed and risky sports in the winter olympics.

Day 4

I skipped the weekend but I'm back.

Friday night we drove to Windstar and saw Jim Gaffigan.  It was good but probably one of the best lines came from Chase.  Upon walking into the smoke filled, lights flashing environment of the Casino, Chase said "here is where people come to make poor life choices". 

The rest of the weekend was pretty quiet as it was a cold and wet.  We even got some sleet on Sunday morning.

Day 3

Today is Friday.

We are driving to Thackerville to the winstar Casino to see Jim Gaffigan.

He is clean and pretty funny. This was one of their Christmas presents.  We have started giving them activities a lot more.  We gave Seth tickets to a TCU basketball game for his birthday.

Fun Fact:WinStar is the largest casino in the US based on sq. footage.  Who knew...

Day 2

I just wanted to write a quick post to keep my streak going. :-)

Baseball is kicking in and things are getting hectic.  The boys are playing for WPA which started practice this week.  Chase is playing for the Fury and they practice 3 times a week and the first tournament is in 9 days.  Seth is playing for another select team but they haven't chosen an organization yet but they are starting to practice as well.

I know there will be a time when we miss this.  Just like all the other stages we have been with the boys. 

To be continued...

I'm Back (for now)

It has been a long time since I posted anything and I regret that.  As I looked back on some of the post, it was a nice journey down memory lane.

So, I'm going to give it another shot.

It is interesting because one of my last posts was about meeting Shelley the first time.  The 21st anniversary of that was yesterday.

A lot of other things have changed since my last posts.

We moved from Bedford to Lavon. 
The boys are 15 and 12.
Seth is learning to drive. 😓
We have started a new company.  We are in a partnership on a water and fire restoration company.  Rainbow International of Mckinney.
My mother is diagnosed with Lung cancer.
We've lost several relatives. I'm not going to list them all out of concern that I might forget someone.

I don't know if anyone will notice that I posted again so I will be curious to see if anyone comments.