It is November 5th, 2014. Almost Midnight actually. Where have the last 5 years gone?

It's been almost 5 years since my wife and I first met. We've had our ups and downs. God has really tested me and helped me figure out who I am.

Some days I feel tired and ready to give up. 2014 has been a tough year. My brother lost his fiancee who passed away in July. Losing her has taught me to move on and forgive because someday it may be too late to say "I'm sorry."...

It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and wrote a blog. I remember when I started my blogs I had so much free time, worked and that was about it. Now I am getting married next June and working full time and going to school part time. Life feels like it speeds up as you get older. I feel like I have very little free time, kind of a bummer really how fast time goes.

It’s a sunny summer Friday here in Madison Wisconsin. The last 6 weeks have been rough, we are in a drought...

Planning the trip to Tennessee was something unfimiliar to me. I was nervous as any young guy would be who is traveling a thousand miles away from home alone. I thought about how much freedom I have to be able to visit a place undiscovered to me without any hassles. The planning took some time and once the day came I was a bit nervous, dad had a tear in his eye. What dad wouldn't right? I was a boy and was becoming a man by traveling this distance alone. I never hugged my dad as long as I did this...

It's a crisp January evening here in Southern Wisconsin and the moon is full. The stars are out in full force creating a setting that one could call indescribable. As I traverse under the ancient pines I hear the crunchy sound of the snow at my feet. The snow sparkles as the Moonlight bounces off it.

The sound of an Great Horned Owl screeches across the landscape as mice make way to find shelter. The eyes of a doe glow in the Moon struck forest... As I enjoy all this I realize that...

What once was,
What once was the place where I embraced the excitement of a first kiss is now a development..
What once was the place where I could spend quality time with grandpa is now gone...
What once was the place where I could wake up every morning and know that I had everything is now just a memory.
What once was a first love is now a faint memory that still leaves pain in my heart.
What once was an envision of peace and beauty, solitude and personal guidance...