I am not banking on the decisions of others and how they might affect my family. I am going to do what God wills I do right now and let the rest of it happen as it will. I am thrilled to be married to such a wonderful woman and to have such adorable and intelligent children. I am as happy as I have been and I am where I am ... Baton Rouge, Rome, Seattle or Texas City ... you name it ... My goal is to be pleased with His will in my life.

Sometimes reality pulling you away from a dream has a way of teaching you how to be really happy rather than teaching you to desire things you THINK will make you happy. I am coming to the conclusion that yearning for dreams as an end in and of themselves is not the same as yearning for Beauty and Truth, which you CAN have anywhere. Placing your desire in one boat is a constant disappointment. Placing your desire in the other shows you that joy is attainable in any condition.