http://www.thednaoflife.com Passed from Father to Son Thu, 13 May 2010 03:00:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was reading today's newspaper and read article after article talking about everything from unemployment to welfare to bailouts. Now before I dive into the subject of my writing, I want to cover one thing. I know that there are people that cannot support themselves because of real ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/254/uncategorized/take-pride-in-work The other day I was working out on the elliptical at Gold's gym. I was about 38 minutes into an hour run and was really struggling to finish. I was just about to talk myself out of it when a song that was one of my father's favorites ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/247/life/gone-last-mile-of-the-way I was around my large family Saturday for Halloween where Grandpa cooks up his "special" chili.  My uncle Mike and cousins were talking about their last few days deer hunting.  My cousin Micheal had gotten stuck in his truck in a spot that we like to hunt and Chris, my ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/235/life/stop-spinning-your-wheels Driving home last week, this song by Amy Grant came on the radio and I had to pull over.  My eyes just filled with tears as all the emotions and love toward my Dad erupted.  After I calmed down and took a few deep breaths, I got back on the ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/225/life/my-fathers-eyes [caption id="attachment_220" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Dad working on farm"][/caption] My father was a man that believed a man is only a man if he supported his family.  Or at least did everything he could possibly do to try.  The Holy Bible even has a scripture about this in 1 Timothy 5:8 “But ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/218/life/need-job-what-is-in-your-hand Friday, October 9th, was the one year anniversary of Dad stepping into eternity. I really did not expect this date to be so hard for me. It was tougher than his birthday and wedding anniversary. It hit me like a ton of bricks and caused my emotions ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/215/life/a-year-ago This song absolutely got to me.  I heard about it when I was reading a blog from the man that produced this video.  The title obviously got my attention.  As I watched this video, I instantly became the little boy in it.  I also felt the pains of all the ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/193/prayer/somebody-said-a-prayer Every Memorial Day holiday my family goes down to a little country church named Seller's Church outside of Tahlequah, OK, to decorate the graves of our beloved ones that have gone on before us.  Obviously, this year was going to be extremely hard being the first for us to do ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/182/life/dont-cry-for-me-down-here I was overwhelmed this week when my oldest daughter, Skylar, sung at her school's talent show.  Skylar is one that has loved music literally from birth.  When she would be crying and nothing would calm her down...music did.  It got to a point that we just decided to play music ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/175/relationships/feed-into-your-kids-talents After many days of rain, we finally got some sunshine.  You know what that means... time to mow the lawn!  Ugh!!! I hate mowing the yard.  When I was a kid, I dreaded mowing our 1/2 acre yard.  Dad would get out there on the riding lawn mower getting most ... http://www.thednaoflife.com/168/life/key-to-mowing-and-life-itself-make-every-stroke-count