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Yes, I shop at Walmart. I shop at Walmart for all the staples in my families life. I shop at Walmart to save money, especially our grocery bill.

It’s something I’ve failed at for as long as I can remember. Technology has become a way of life for me. It’s an ongoing feeling that I feel like I always need to check my email and phone. If I had one habit I’d like to change it is to be less dependent on technology.

As I think and experience this lesson second hand through my mom, I’m sitting with her as she’s receiving a host of different types of Chemo feed through an implanted pump.

I am in no way a world traveler, but I’ve been to some of the best places this planet has to offer. From the Red Rocks of the Grand Canyon, the sunsets off the tip of South Africa in the Mediterranean, to the mountains of Swiss Alps, I’m in awe of the beauty this world truly has.

I believe in a lot of things…i.e. what goes up must come down; money doesn’t grow on trees; my dog loves me more than anything; it’s easier to spend money vs. make it; life’s not worthy of living without chocolate; the earth is round. But my biggest belief is that God does exist.

I believe God created the world’s most perfect food – chocolate.

I don’t know about you, but I know I have a few regrets in my life. When my kids were younger I wished I spent more time with them. I wish I didn’t work or even think about work so much or buy stuff I really didn’t need.

When I was a kid, I remember having to go to my grandpa’s house before and after school so I could help him walk to the bathroom. Our entire family rallied around to help support my Grandpa.

Values come in all kinds of forms and include our views on religion, money, friends, family, etc. I suspect for many of us our values were developed at a young age as we were growing up.

Sometimes words are hard to find and reality hits home as one ages. My mom has been my rock, my biggest supporter even before I was born.

When becoming a “man” a right of passage is the growth of facial hair and then having to shave with an electric razor or straight edge and shaving cream. I’ve always believe that as a boy becomes a man, and a man becomes old, growing ear hear is a right of passage that not everyone will achieve.