From Loss to Legacy

My Journey

  • Stop Arguing with Your Calling

    Reflections from March 30, 2022 – Day 19 of my journey. Reflecting on this day — more than 1,000 days since we said goodbye to Max — I can see how easy it is to slip back into the routine. I catch myself some mornings not wanting to get out of bed, speaking doubt over…

  • When You Find Your “WHY”, the “HOW” Becomes Clear

    Reflections from March 29, 2022 – Day 18 of my journey. At first glance, the phrase “When you find your why, the how is easy” sounds simple. Your why defines your how. But the truth is, finding your why can be one of life’s most difficult challenges. Some people go through life never fully understanding…

  • A Delay Is Not a Denial: Finding Purpose Through Strength

    Reflections from March 28, 2022 – Day 17 of my journey. We all face delays in life. We don’t get the job we had our heart set on. A relationship we believed in falls apart. We struggle in school, at work, or simply to stay afloat. And in those moments, we ask—Why? Why would God…

  • Power, Love, and a Sound Mind: What God Gave Me After Loss

    Reflections from March 27, 2022 – Day 16 of my journey. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV) Fear is something we all encounter. Fear of what the future holds. Fear that past tragedies will somehow…

  • When Your Why Becomes a Way of Life

    Reflections from March 26, 2022 – Day 15 of my journey. Realizing your why can be one of the most powerful and transformational moments in a person’s life. But that clarity doesn’t always come right away. Sometimes, it takes time. It takes sitting in the stillness. It takes walking through the hardest days you’ll ever…

  • Indecision is the Thief of Opportunity

    Reflections from March 25, 2022 – Day 14 of my journey. “Indecision is the thief of opportunity.” It doesn’t just steal your time.It steals your focus, your peace, your drive. Indecision plants doubt in your mind and then waters it with fear. It traps you in an endless loop of questions:Should I be doing this?Is…

  • Motivation is Fleeting, But Your Why Will Carry You

    Reflections from March 24, 2022 – Day 13 of my journey. If there’s one truth I’ve learned over these past three years, it’s this:Motivation comes and goes. It’s easy to stay focused when motivation is high. When the fire is burning bright, when everything feels new, when the road ahead seems clear. But life doesn’t…

  • Your Why: The Root of Resilience When Life Isn’t Fair

    Reflections from March 23, 2022 – Day 12 of my journey. Life isn’t fair. We all encounter moments that feel so overwhelming, so unjust, that we wonder how we could possibly move forward. Moments that threaten to undo everything we thought we knew about ourselves and the world. But even in the face of life’s…

  • You Grow Through What You Go Through

    Reflections from March 22, 2022 – Day 11 of my journey. There are moments in life that change you forever—moments where the world breaks open beneath your feet and nothing looks or feels the same again. For me, that moment came on December 20, 2021, when my wife and I lost our son, Maxwell Seraphim,…

  • Your Why Is the Only Alarm You Will Ever Need

    Reflections from March 21, 2022 – Day 10 of my journey. Looking back on this day from three years ago, I’m reminded of something simple but life-altering: the power of knowing your why. Life has a way of throwing us into situations that forever change how we see the world. For me, that moment was…

  • Find Your Turn-Back Moment

    Reflections from March 20, 2022—Day 9 of my journey. Three months. It had been three months since we lost our son, Maxwell Seraphim. And around this time in my journey, something inside me began to shift. I still don’t believe my son passed for a reason—some things in life are simply too painful to be…

  • Strength Revealed in the Struggle

    Reflections from March 19, 2022—Day 8 of my journey. Looking back now, three years removed from that first week of my journey, I find myself in awe of the strength and resilience that began to take shape during those early days. After losing our son, Maxwell Seraphim, the grief felt insurmountable. It was all-consuming. There…

  • When You Find Your Why, Nothing Else Matters

    Reflections from March 18, 2022—Day 7 of my journey. Many journeys begin not with a question, but with a why. For some, the why is clear from the beginning—a deep, driving force that sparks the very first step forward. It’s not something we always have to search for mid-journey. Sometimes, the why finds us before…

  • Comfort is the Enemy of Progress

    Reflections from March 17, 2022—Day 6 of my journey. By this point, the routine had started to settle in. I was beginning to feel… comfortable. And that’s when the danger set in. When we feel comfortable, it’s easy to think, “Maybe today can be an off day.” “I’ve earned a break.” “I’ll get back to…

  • Your Why Will Carry You Further Than Motivation Ever Could

    Reflections from March 16, 2022—Day 5 of my journey. Just five days in, and already I found myself questioning the grind. That internal voice—the one we all hear—started whispering: “Maybe just take today off… maybe you can get back to it tomorrow.” And that’s how it starts. One skipped day becomes two. Two become a…