About a year and a half ago I was in the market for a new car. We had bought a new Nissan for Yvonne in 2014, and I was driving the Chevy Astro van that we had purchased back in 2000, which had 268,000 miles on it. I had decided that I was going to buy a 2016 Honda Accord. But which Accord… And … [Read more...]

This might come as a surprise to you, but the life of a marriage and family therapist just might not be as exciting some other professions. Sorry if I’m bursting any bubbles out there but rock stars, F1 drivers, hockey players, and Navy fighter pilots might have professions that are just a little … [Read more...]

Last June my wife, Yvonne, and I picked up a copy of The Daniel Plan and jumped in with both feet looking to improve our bodies and minds. Little did we know to what lengths our culinary skills would be both challenged, and improved. One of my challenges has been to be certain that I pay enough … [Read more...]

This Tuesday night I arrived home from work at about 5:30, got settled and headed right into the kitchen. The first thing I did was to make sure that the salmon had thawed. Next I grabbed an entire bunch of cilantro, a little olive oil, a few mint leaves, some lemon, garlic, red pepper flakes and … [Read more...]

Next month my wife Yvonne and I will celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary. I’m not one who typically makes note of such personal events, but every once in a while, it does come up in the course of conversation. The typical remark that we get from people when they discover that we’ve been married … [Read more...]