A Whole Lot of Coffee & a Few Thoughts

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage"                                              "Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside." "Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it."  "It feels like everyone else is moving on with their lives while I am stuck here in this hole that I can't climb out of." According to SAMHSA , the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an estimated 43.6 million adults in the USA have to fight the daily struggle of a mental illness. Another 20.2 million adults abuse substances. Out of these two HUGE numbers, 7.9 million people are estimated to go through the living hell of both struggling through a mental illness and abusing substances. Yet, this isn't talked about near the amount it should be in our country. As a whole, we have forgotten and/or jus...

I heard it said once that time and life are both like flowing rivers. You can get out and get back in but the water you touched once, you will never touch again. Though it is the same river, it will never be the same water. I knew moving back to South Carolina was going to be a transition of sorts. I knew that even when I left, time kept moving. I knew home wouldn't be the same place I left. After being here for a week now, I must say I grossly underestimated how much I had actually changed as well as the place I called home for most of my life. Two words: Culture Shock. I never once in my life expected to experience culture shock when it came to the place I consider home. I lived here for almost 22 years, how much could have changed in the last two years? Yes, I have experienced this type of mental confusion and indifference a couple of times before when it came to my world travels but this time was different. This time, I was humbled by the fact that I had to admit ...

We're Moving To South Carolina! We always knew that we would move back closer to family once we were ready to start a family. Jenn and I both thought that move would come in another 2-3 years but the Lord seems to have other plans. With recent uprootings of sorts, we both felt the Lord calling us back to the East Coast, specifically South Carolina. We will be closer to both of our families and will  be able to put some roots down.  I know with this announcement, there are going to be questions. I hope to do my  best in trying to answer the ones I've heard so far. Question #1: Why are you moving? I thought you loved Colorado   We do absolutely love Colorado and this beautiful state will always be a part of our story. We fell in love here and got engaged here . Just because we are moving doesn't mean that something went wrong. We took time to pray and process through this move. In fact, we could easily stay here and settle down but we feel the Lord t...