Over the past couple of months, I have questioned what my purpose was in writing this blog. When I was playing and writing about poker, I had a pretty decent following of around 50-100 visitors per day. With this blog, I have found that I average about 3-5 visitors per day. That [...]
When I was playing poker, I used to joke that, “Poker is my wife… I mean my life.” Little did I realize the truth I spoke. Have you ever heard the term, “I trade you very much?” as opposed to “I love you very much?” I don’t know if he is [...]
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I attended a service at my church, Creative Living Fellowship, some months ago where my minister, Rev. Michele Whittington, discussed the eight levels of pain. At the time of this service, I was deep in the throes of a gambling addiction and I could tell that I had reached the lowest levels of pain [...]
I had to rush to Wal-mart before church on Sunday to purchase a small gift for each of my two secret holiday pals. With my son Noah in tow, I rushed into the store. He said I was walking too fast, so even though he is six, I picked him up and carried [...]
One of the moments I used (I don’t anymore!) to look back on with bitter disappointment was one Christmas when I was a teenager and wanted a telescope. My father and step-mother have a home on a hill overlooking the city of Los Angeles. Essentially, we had a 180 degree view of the [...]
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I debated long and hard about writing about this in a public forum. Part of me says that what I am about to divulge is too much information. But, another part of me, my gut – the part I trust the most – tells me that if I am truly going to be of service, [...]
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