Journal

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Kindness is not always reactive. I didn’t fully understand that until a pie sign in a diner case made it plain. It wasn’t a remarkable day. Just the road and a reason to stop. I pulled in the way I’ve pulled into a hundred diners along this route. Counter … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Coffee Came Back while I was sitting at a Route 66 diner not long ago, hands wrapped around a cup of coffee, watching the quiet rhythm of the morning unfold. The kind of place where the plates clink softly, the coffee keeps coming, and nobody’s in too much of … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast I was sitting at a diner counter not long ago with both hands wrapped around a warm cup of coffee, the kind of quiet moment where the world slows down just enough for a thought to find you. A saying came to mind that I’ve carried for years. Most … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast I was sitting in one of my local diners one morning with a cup of coffee that had long since cooled when I learned Grief Is the Echo of Love. The place was quiet except for the low hum of conversation and the occasional clink of silverware against a … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast “Don’t Be The First To Let Go.” I heard a story once about a quiet rule followed by many of the character performers at Disney parks. When a child hugs them, the character isn’t supposed to be the one who ends the hug. The child decides when it’s over. … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Do Not Grow Weary is a life lesson more should explore and more importantly, experience. I was sitting in a Route 66 diner with both hands wrapped around a thick ceramic mug, letting the steam warm more than just my fingers. It was one of those mornings where the … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast “Center of Attention Without Being Seen”. That’s a line I use with couples when they’re deciding whether I’m the right officiant for their wedding. I tell them I have the toughest job of anyone on their wedding day. Tougher than the coordinator, the caterer, the photographer, the videographer and … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Gratitude Reciprocates. I didn’t fully understand that until the day she stopped me at the counter of a small Route 66 diner and said, “I’ve been hoping I’d see you again.” It was one of those places with chrome trim and a mechanic shop next door. The kind of diner … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Spring Is Coming I Can Feel It started at one of those cold cement tables outside my local Dunkin’. I had my favorite coffee in hand, the kind that tastes familiar and steady, and I was sitting there lost in thought. Bills. Health. The state of the world. The … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Because He Knew I Didn’t came to me at a diner counter on an ordinary afternoon. Nothing dramatic. No thunder from heaven. Just coffee, clinking plates, and a man a few stools down who sounded uncomfortably familiar. He wasn’t loud in a reckless way. He was loud in a … Read more