Defining Willingness

If you were to take measure of your life in this moment, how would you rate your overall sense of well being? On a scale of ten, I'd easily give myself a two. That's to say there are more things wrong with me than there are right. I've shut down, I disengaged, and I'm struggling

Discover Kinston

Today I walked around all the shops that I've been driving past since moving to Kinston. The first place we stopped was Leah's Treasures on North St. If you haven't been to this shop, it's highly recommended that you stop in and explore. Local artists and craftsman have created wonderful pieces of jewelry to look

Finding God – Volume 1

I struggle with the world absolute. I find that nothing on this planet is absolute. The sun will always rise, until it doesn't. Eventually our Sun will burn out as all stars do, and it will no longer rise. We will have air to breathe, until we do something stupid as a species and no

Discover Kinston – Volume 1 – The recap

We had our first adventure! So we got together and came up with a game plan on what we'd do for our first adventure. We had it all mapped out. Except for one thing... What happens when you get men, women, and children together? Time ran away from us. To start, let me first talk

Discover Kinston – Volume 1 – The Morning!

I have this love hate relationship with Sunday mornings. On one hand, it's the weekend and I should be happily in bed until at least noon. Of course, that might have happened twenty years ago, but sadly, not anymore. Now my eyes pop open and my brain says coffee. Once the thought of coffee has

Discover Kinston – Updates

Today as I watch from a storefront window on North Street, I find myself people gazing as the afternoon has slowed down. "Kinston is rough." This is one of the more polite phrases that were used when I discussed moving to Kinston with friends and family. As I watch people in green preparing for St.

Discover Kinston – The Plan

Yesterday I'd posted about moving to Kinston, and the reaction from my friends. Today I'd like to come up with a game plan to further explore this community. So I have this map of downtown Kinston with the shopping, dining, and attractions highlighted. As Sundays and Mondays are my down days, i'm going to plan

Discovering Kinston

So life happened and I managed to single handedly implode every avenue of my life in a series of events so mind boggling, that I’m still left wondering what the hell I was thinking. If you know me at all, you know that I very rarely seek out advise. I prefer to live my life

Life Transitions

Every day of my life, I plan my life according to four life leeches otherwise known as my children. I did everything in my power to make sure they grew up healthy, stable, and happy. Then they had the audacity to grow up. They turned into quasy adult humans who feel empowered to make their

Pounds of Shame

On 4/28/2017 I made the conscious decision to make a change in my life. I weighed 283 lbs and struggled with the most basic of activities. I didn't wear sneakers because I couldn't bend down to tie them. I didn't wear tShirts because the sleeve would be too tight around the fat of my arms.