In a few weeks, I will be making my fourth trip to Italy. This and the previous trip have been especially emotional for me since my entire reason for going is to visit my father. For those who don’t know, I was adopted when I was two days old. Last year I found and met … Continue reading →

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover? But the fact is, the cover is the first thing we see and will impact our first impressions of a book. Writing the manuscript for my first book, a memoir of my search for my birth family, was an incredible experience. I love writing. But … Continue reading →

Pride, arrogance, and humility. These are deep struggles for me. I am a guest writer over at Veritas Domain (latin for: Domain for Truth) where I wrote about my experience dealing with these sins. They also are a major theme in my book, “Searching for Me“. Looking in the mirror can be hard. At least … Continue reading →

If you’re like me, you probably didn’t wake up one morning and think, I’m going to write a book today. But this week I’m doing an editorial pass on the manuscript for my first full length book. What’s even more exciting is the cover is finished, ISBN numbers assigned, and the Library of Congress Catalogue … Continue reading →

The fear of being alone. It’s something that has plagued many others as well as me. Searching for connections with people is a deep rooted human desire. We all need that connection. Sometimes we search long and hard for true connections and bonds. Searching for a connection with someone, for some, feeds an unhealthy addiction … Continue reading →

John 1:1-3 In the beginning, The Word was, and The Word was with God, and The Word was God. He was with God, in the beginning. Through Him, all things were made, and without Him, not one thing was made that has been made. [my original translation from the Greek] This is the beginning in … Continue reading →

Rain. It gives water to renew for growth. It is an awesome gift from God. And everyone living in the Pennsylvania area knows about the rain we’ve been having this week. It’s been easy to grumble a bit or get depressed with so much rain. But today we see the results of that rain. The … Continue reading →

Math holds an inner beauty that can both be seen on the surface and also deepens as you dig into its underlying structure. I’m a math geek. I went to college for Aerospace Engineering. I’ve been to Apple’s WWDC programmer’s developer conference twice for apps that I wrote. I studied cryptography for fun. Yeah. Bring … Continue reading →