Lone Oak Blog
The encouragement I focus on is designed to create a powerful internal shift within the person receiving it — a personal transformation that begins the moment the words are spoken.
A darker night sky feels unfamiliar, and those sounds at dusk? They’re coyotes, not saber-toothed tigers.
Some of the best conversations I’ve ever had happen while walking. When we slow down, we open up. The things Eli shares reminds me that wisdom doesn’t always come with age. Sometimes it comes from stillness, curiosity, and a child’s honest heart.
Children are desperate to know they make us proud. Perhaps even more importantly, we as parents should be acting in ways that allow OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE DESPERATE to make us proud.
TRUTH: Our priorities get neglected when our decisions are made in the moment—without attention to our values. And in those moments, the real driver often becomes FEAR.
“Just remember them,” I heard the voice inside of me say. Recalling the value they shared, the joy they spread—seemed to be the best way.
Just before heading off to showers, Luke looked at me with a sense of seriousness and gratitude, "Arguably, Dad, the best day of my life. Thanks."
My Son Slept Through His First Class
No one steps onto the battlefield hoping for despair—they step forward believing they can create something better.
The truth is, it’s not just kids or adults, employees or employers, religious, nonreligious, white, black or blue...It’s all of us. We all face fear—sometimes in fleeting moments, sometimes all day, all week, or all month long. So what do we do with it?