This isn’t the first time an idea of mine was put into motion by people who believe in me and what I was attempting to accomplish. Ten years ago three people came together in a perfect storm to allow John Paul Derryberry to hatch, and laid the foundation of my message that years later morphed into Share Emotions, Emotions Matter.

The picture above is a little John Paul Derryberry attending his first ever day of school at Colebrook Elementary in the tiny town of Colebrook, Ohio.

We stood up and shook hands, not as white man and black man, but as friends who are trying with our own backgrounds, religions, and beliefs to make the world a better place.

Why do I live in Iowa? A question I get asked all the time, well here is the answer!

I doubt to many people put David Bowie and Martin Luther King Jr. in the same sentence very often. It wasn’t something I intended to do but I find myself in a moment where Bowie and MLK Jr. have intersected in my life.

Dear Sweet Tooth,
We need some time apart because I just can’t resist myself whenever you are in sight. You are so tasty and I’m so weak minded sometimes. I end up shoveling four cookies into my mouth and swig a giant glass of milk call it breakfast.

I just cannot stop thinking about it...my head is spinning. “The Making a Murderer” documentary on Netflix is about Steven Avery and his two run ins with the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin.