Unbelievable. I still think that sometimes when I think about my future wife. It happened again Monday while I was shooting photos and videos of convocation at Washburn University. During his speech, our president told the students that many of them would meet their future husband or wife during their years at the school. My […]
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For a long time, I was adamant that I wasn’t going to get married again. After the first experience ended in separation after all of eight months and divorce in 20 months, I wanted no part of another one. In the pre-Shana era (2003-2011), I had two serious relationships. Neither came close to marriage. Even
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The No. 1 question after you announce an engagement: When and where is the wedding? No. 2: How did you propose? I put a considerable amount of thought into popping the question. I figured something romantic and private was appropriate. Of course, the Romeo in me planned to do with it flair. One idea was
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I’ve admitted many times through the years that I’m a hopeless romantic. I think we can drop the hopeless tag now that I’ve managed to convince the most beautiful woman on the planet to fall in love with me. As it turns out, nice guys don’t finish last. In fact, they can kick some serious
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I’m not quite Clark Griswold. I’m not going to staple 100,000 Christmas lights to our roof, nor do I plan to (or have the income for) putting a pool in the backyard. But, damn, do I love Christmas. Christmas fever is something I inherited from the old man. We didn’t have much money growing up.
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Regrets. We all have them, and chances at redemption are few and far between. One of mine has always been my junior and senior prom. Prom should be one of the highlights of high school. It’s your chance to shine, show off, dazzle your classmates. My appearances at prom pretty much sucked. Many of you
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Last Christmas was the first time I’d been at home for the holidays since 2006. That alone made it the best Christmas in years. But what really made that day, as well as Christmas Eve, special was the beginning of a relationship that has changed my life for the better. At that point, the girlfriend
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Dating a girl with kids. Going to be honest here. It’s not something I’d thought about before the girlfriend and I started hanging out. Not that I was opposed to it. I’d just never considered it. What I do know is the fact that she had kids sure as hell wasn’t going to prevent me from
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Coffee. Part of the morning routine. It’s the first thing I do once I get out of the shower. I know what you’re thinking. No shit. That’s part of everybody’s morning routine. I don’t drink coffee. Never have and probably never will, unless you count the rare frappuccino, which is essentially dessert in a cup.
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“You can’t love somebody until you love yourself.” I don’t know who said this, but it’s genius. And absolutely true. And, no, this is not what “love yourself” means … Of course, if that’s what it meant, nobody would have a problem with love. Anywho … It’s the absolute truth. You might love somebody, but
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