Meet My Special Guest I’ve been interviewed thousands of times and I’ve also gotten to interview lots of folks. My favorites are people who don’t rehearse scripts or offer talking points. In other words, #RealTalk https://brightblueline.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/true-grit-podcast-10-16-2020.mp3 Cool Dude Watch my chat with one of the coolest guys I know! #truegrit.  I sat down with our youngest son for an impromptu interview about some of his favorite things. He talked ever

Stunned Leah and I were having supper with a couple from church this week and as it was the first time we’d all spent time together, we shared our testimonies and bits and pieces from our pasts. The man shared that he had enjoyed an incredibly loving relationship with his dad all the way from childhood until the day he had passed away. I was kinda stunned and didn’t really know how to respond to that. I think I said something like, “That’s rare.” He nodded, and agreed. I felt

12 Days of 31: The Fly and Corpse I didn’t have the most stellar undergrad experience while attending The University of Southern Mississippi, but maybe the one thing I retained from a rarely attended class was a quote from an African studies textbook. “Without supervision, a fly follows the corpse into the ground.” Anonymous African Proverb Was it the most profound thing I’ve ever heard? No, but I think it anchored to my spirit in an effort to tell me something. Oddly enough,

FIT@50 \ week 12 Social Media: Social I’ve been asked why I post what I do to social media. It’s simple—to be social. The value is to operationalize the term “social.” It’s what you chose to present to the world. I have no agenda, or master plan—I just enjoy people. It’s encouraging to know people who are connected through social media. I always try to meet them in person if possible. You’d be surprised how amazing some of them can be on the other side of the computer’s scree

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