Have I told all of you how much I love writing these dispatches. I probably have but I can’t remember for sure, but regardless, I’ll say it again. I love writing these dispatchers I even love the [...]

The more I think about it, and the older and hopefully wiser I get, the more I realize how often my behavior and my moods, and the way I end up feeling or treating people, is caused by triggers [...]

Participants from around the PHWFF Midwest region had a chance to attend the Freedom Ranch for Heroes during the week of August 2, 2022.  This was an unforgettable experience for all who attende

It always amazes me! Us humans. How alike we all are, and how different. It's all in where you look. Where you hang out. It's probably why we like hanging out with people who are like us. It's [...]

We live in an age of instant everything. Instant  soup. Instant coffee. Fast foods. High speed Internet. We want everything instantly. I fear we are becoming an impatient culture. We are [...]

I wrote this poem for the first group of veterans and inserted their names. For the next group, I inserted new names. My first reaction was that I was cheating, that I was giving the second group [...]

Avoiding. Embracing. Fearing. Loving. Accepting. 

The image that title conjures up for me is a parent walking into a room and one of the kids is crying. It’s time for that parent to figure out and sort out what is going on. Why the tears? Make [...]

Last night I was getting ready to sing to eight veterans, and one trip leader, a total of nine. As they were gathering, I got a text from a friend who said he was in the audience of a Jewel [...]

One of the things I love best about Project Healing Waters, is the ability to be with my tribe. Be it man, woman, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard…active, guard, reserve, retired, [...]