Nolesrock's Blog

I grew up in a very conservative, Christian home in the Heartland. I attended Vacation Bible School, was baptized in three churches of vario...

What you are looking at--two busted windows out of a VW Beetle and a 40-caliber bullet hole in a diswasher--were not the work of some vandal...

  TRYING There is no shame in trying. Trying is not failing. I have no regrets that I tried and failed. That’s the learning process that pro...

I AM A SURVIVOR! A lot can happen in 21 years! That's more than two decades. It's just six years shy of being half my life! Let me p...

Today is the 6-year anniversary of Mom's death...and the first that I've spent in her house... That was the text from Dad almost 6...

I celebrated my 53rd birthday without a lot of fanfare. I didn't even hear from my immediate family--daughters yes--not Dad, not Keely.....

It's not like I needed vindication...or even the affirmation, but it was nice. A highlight of Dad's 10/17/21 Memorial Service at Cic...

 Four things I've been reminded of in recent days: Life is short, say what you mean to say No one gets to rewrite your narrative The pen...

  Keely and Pops Let me just tell you about my parents' best friend, their daughter, my ride-or-die sister, Keely. She is a saint. Does ...

 I'm not gonna lie, I had a pretty good dad. He was hard-working, devoted, artistic, spiritual, funny, playful at times, rigid at others...

I am a pack animal. I need a pack. I am a tribesman. I need a tribe. I'm beginning to feel alone in this world. I am losing my pack, my ...

 I had a revelation of sorts the other day. It wasn't a particularly good day. I'd just told the Universe I needed something to brea...

I am intentional with my words. I am trying to be more intentional with my thoughts, too, but they are sometimes harder to reign in. I am in...

 So in my last blog post in March of this year, I wrote about important life decisions , like should I stay or should I go [Cue The Clash] ....

Encouraged to keep writing and posting by one of my newest friends, here I am at the keyboard again contemplating my life... This move to Co...

  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life... Psalm 23:6 View from Boulder's Central Park of Flatirons to the S...

Haven't posted in awhile. Life happens. 2020 is different, though. We've faced a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. America has lost almos...

Two and one half years ago Steve Siebold contributed an article to the Huffington Post, "NCAA's Football Slavery Scheme ." And...