How am I feeling today? Well...
I got rice cooking in the microwave. I got a three day beard I don't plan to shave.
You know the rest.
It would be a great day to let Lucy come home.
#SaveLucy
A bit of wisdom on my birthday after forty four trips around the sun...
If you love God, America, and are faithful to your family, friends and business associates, good things happen.
Most of the adversity you will face isn't personal. The majority of humans live without being mindful of others... don't personalize it, forgive them.
I know this is going to come as a surprise but you aren't perfect. You're going to screw up, fail, make mistakes and at times embarrass yourself. No big deal. Forgive yourself and move on. It's part of living.
God is real. If you choose to dialogue with the almighty he absolutely will answer you, but it's up to you to recognize his messages however he may choose to send them.
Purpose is everything. When you live with it, and stay loyal to your God given calling, you will never feel lost.
Laugh. A lot. Reality is far funnier and more ironic than most people realize. The tapestry of life, and God's plan absolutely includes a healthy amount of humor to help you develop humility and character.
It felt good to be off social media yesterday. Things are in the works, that's all I can say for now. Negotiations are ongoing with the DA. My attorney choked me up yesterday when he sent me an email that was just one line: "Let's get Lucy home."
Amen. Amen, amen, amen.
I spent the day with the kids at the park while @Herb_Minstrel gave voice lessons at home, going over with pen and paper what I had feverishly typed up thus far about Lucy, the makings of what I hope will be a story with some appeal beyond just myself and my little family.
Things just jump out at me on paper in a way they don't on a screen.
I'm writing this as a way to protect her, in my own way, from anything like this ever happening again. She's kind of famous right now, but it's the 15-minutes-of-fame sort of notoriety.
I want to lock that in. I want to make Lucy untouchable. I fell into a trap once that has made her vulnerable. I'm doing everything I can right now to make her invincible for the rest of her life.
If I fail to convey Lucy's story in a way that has broad appeal, then at least I hope to have a personal story to add to our family lore, where it will be valued by the people who know and matter most, the same way I treasure all of the songs my wife wrote me to get me through the terror and tedium overseas.
This will probably be another quiet day from me as I scribble lines on paper, cross them out, work them and rework them over and over - and do it all in those quiet moments when the kids aren't fighting with each other or getting into trouble or making messes and getting loud.
Thank you all for your support of me and Lucy for these past several weeks. It means the world.
#SaveLucy