SHAREapy. The Podcast

I Am Will Smith For better of for worse, today, I am Will Smith. Remember the “I am Tiger Woods” add from back in the day? Honestly, I saw it immediately. First of all, I’d like to say that I don’t condone violence of any kind except in direct response to a threat that looks to harm you or your loved ones. Try to read this newsletter or listen to this podcast with an open mind. This isn’t for you...

Newsletter Update 3.27.22 Share. The Newsletter is 6 months old y’all!! Can you believe it?! There’s so much to celebrate and so much to update you all on! I’ll update you on the Newsletter project, the ministry, and my health stuff. I got some good stuff and some rough stuff… just like the news. Some of it is my favorite to share… some of it isn’t. 🤔  Sounds like “SHAREing my blessings and my br...

1:07pm CST - 3.20.22 I almost forced it y’all. Honestly, I got so fired up about this week’s topic that I almost forced the episode and I was about to ship later today, even though I was not going to make the 3pm deadline. I almost forced it. Now, I want to be clear about something. I could have delivered something that you would have read and/or listened to and probably enjoyed. I DO have enough...

I took a shot for the first time in 2 years… Oh relax it was communion. Yes. I snapped a picture as my friend prayed for us before we took communion today. While fully in tears. I didn’t exactly know why I was taking the picture but I knew I had to before he finished the prayer. You gotta remember… I’m a dad and content creator… I took this picture without even unlocking my phone or losing a word...

Wild week… I began to write a story this week. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t for YOU. Lol. This story was a story that I was going to share with my therapist. I’ve always been an “audience” person. I’ve always had to have a 6th sense about me when it comes to communicating around people. Not everyone can hear everything. More importantly, God has very clearly shown me that everyone isn’t SUPPOSED...

“Praying For the World, Far and Near” Of course I had another piece written for this week. But as the week unfolded and I could feel the hearts of the world get heavy, I felt profoundly urged to pray out loud. It has been heartbreaking, to say the least, to see what’s going on in the Ukraine. In this piece, I start with a prayer for the world and for peace and eventually bring it closer and closer...

God give me strength…. I’ve had this vision about writing and ministry and how it should look, sound, feel. I’m so glad that God had made me a person who listens and attempts to obey the “spirit” of ministry over the plan or production of ministry. I have a commitment to ship a newsletter every Sunday at 3pm. There are so many unpublished pieces. Today, I’m grateful for my conviction to write and...

Big ole tears just fell out of my eyes as I said the title of this title out loud. Let me stay focused here. This is a tribute piece. It’s so easy to focus on who doesn’t make it through our difficult seasons… it makes for better memes to point out who “wasn’t with me when I was shootin’ in the gym” or to think “when you didn’t need me any more” or “it wasn’t convenient for you”, that our relation...

*Trigger warning* This is completely unedited, unfiltered, raw and possibly even incomplete. I had a migraine this day and had laid down for a nap and this is seconds after I had waken up. I may delete or edit this or re-record… not sure. For now, I’m sending this to a friend and I need a place for it to land. I shared this first with a very small and trusted group of people for their feedback. Th...

Ok. Today I’m going to aim for the heart of this entire project. This Newsletter/Blog/Organized And Scheduled Ramble… is designed for ME to SHARE (at this stage) and for YOU to hopefully be inspired to SHARE. My mission, is to “Teach people to share their blessings and their bruises to connect to each other with Love and Empathy. Honestly… this is my purpose on earth. That seems clear to me becaus...

Yesterday we took our dog Gracie to the Emergency Room because she hurt her back. The day before, on Friday, I was on one of my weekly SHARE•apy calls with my good friend Diana and all of a sudden I hear Gracie start yelping/crying/whimpering. Honestly, first thought was that Hannah was trying to dance with her and she wasn’t havin it. But then the whimpering continued and I asked Hannah what was...

You ever have that friend that’s stupid optimistic? So optimistic you think they’re a bit nuts, actually? So positive that it’s past “almost annoying” and it’s … “so annoying you can’t even hear it” sometimes. You might not even tell that person what problem you have going on, because, no matter what the word combination is, they are going to tell you that “everything is going to be ok”. And somet...

And to be 100% honest, at first, I kinda felt like I got a tie or a pair of socks or something like that. Not that I was being a brat…. There’s a kind of a history here. Lol. It wouldn’t be the first time I got something that I didn’t understand why I got it. Once my daughter mom got me an iced coffee and I took a sip… pulled it away from my mouth and said, “there’s no sweetener in this”. She said...

I had a couple really cool conversations this week that I want to share. Warning. There will be some “bad” language in this one because this is basically a story about following Jesus IRL (as the kids say it. Lol. “In Real Life”) I had a conversation with a friend this week. A newer friend made within the last 6 months. We’ll call him Dre. I was talking to him about how to create his brand. I was...

Because it’s so FFffrrreakin ’ hard to SHARE sometimes. This week I threw a couple smoke bombs to distract people from seeing me. Honestly I’m great at it… I can throw almost anyone off the scent when having a hard time with something. Seriously. Even if you are reading this and think “when he’s quiet, he’s struggling” (mother), I write everyday now. So I’m never quiet, and that’s a brilliant smok...

Hey, what's up, guys, and welcome to another episode of Share. The Newsletter. This is a special edition coming out the day before Thanksgiving, the day before, you know, we meet up with family and have dinner and turkey and, kind of the kickoff to the holiday season. But I wanted to do this specifically for those of us that are having a hard time or could have a hard time through the season. Toda...

This has been the hardest entry to write yet. Damn near impossible… crippling my spirit… the thought of reflecting on the last year has discouraged me every single day this week. Matter of fact, it’s sent me into the biggest funk yet. Let’s be honest here… “funk” is a cute word for depression. It’s not a coincidence that this week of reflection has been accompanied by abnormally high pain levels a...