In the first article I wrote for ReadyAimLife.com, Daughters, I mentioned a new tradition our family began in 2008 – the awarding of the “Best Campfire Story” trophy on our family camping trips.  We’d long told stories around the campfire, but the addition of this five dollar trophy made something that was already great just [...]

“At my grandmother’s funeral in 1999, you handed me a note card that read: “Ophelia and John, how special they were, how good they were to me…” In that moment of complete agony, through your words, you brought a smile to my face. I still have that card. It’s framed and hanging on my wall [...]

This past weekend I found myself angry at my dad because my chainsaw quit working. Yep, angry at a 69 year old man who lives 5 hours away because I couldn’t get a power tool to work. A few weeks ago we had an ice storm. A really bad ice storm. We have a lot [...]

I earn a living in sales. I’ve been selling in some form or fashion most all of my life. I was a scrawny kid growing up, 5 foot nothin’ and a hundred pounds in high school. Ears like Dumbo. Literally the smallest kid in school in ninth grade. So I had to learn to sell myself.

“On behalf of every man Looking out for every girl You are the God and the weight of her world So fathers, be good to your daughters Daughters will love like you do.” – John Mayer – Daughters I have two daughters. Audrey, 11, and Sally, 9. Being a father to little girls is something [...]