697 days ago I decided that I was going to start waking up early in the morning. There was just one problem… …I wasn’t a morning person.

I used to work a lot — 60, 80, or even 100 hours a week. I let my work be a big part of how I defined myself. …

One day I want to be the person my dog thinks I am… — “If you don’t like him, just send him back and I’ll send you a new one.” Those were the last words Charlie’s breeder ever uttered to us. We hung up the phone in disgust. We had called her the day Charlie entered our life over seven years ago. …

Growing up, I always heard that the best things in life were free but I never completely understood it until last night… — Yesterday afternoon I got the chance to spend some alone time with my four-year old daughter (so my wife could get some much-needed and deserved alone time of her own.) She and I went to a coffee shop and split a cookie and talked while she drew pictures. On the…