October 2010

The Entertainer

One day, my wife, KayEm, went to my daughter, Nee’s, school to read to her class. When Nee saw KayEm walk into the door, she immediately ran over to give her a hug. “Mommy,” she said with excitement. “Guess what I did today?” “I don’t know,” said KayEm. “What did you do?” “I played The [...]

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

When I was child, I discovered an old Fender guitar stuck in the back of a closet. The body was in bad shape, the frets were broken and the strings were terribly out of tune. I soon discovered that it had belonged to my father. It was one of the relics of my parents divorce. [...]

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Travel has a way of opening your eyes to the plights of other human beings. Three of the countries that I’ve visited, Indonesia, Iraq, and Australia have a common problem – a lack of clean water. Over 100 million people in Indonesia lack access to safe water and more than 70 percent of the country’s [...]

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Being a Coach is Serious Business

Each year my family makes New Year’s resolution and writes them down so we can hold each other accountable. This year my 9-year-old daughter, Nee, made a resolution to join a basketball team. Without thinking, I immediately agreed to coach her basketball team. My wife, KayEm, recorded both resolutions before I had a chance to [...]

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Parents Are the Key to Ending Domestic Violence

In college, I befriended an industrious young man named John* who I admired because of his entrepreneurial spirit. By the age of 22, he had already started several businesses and was paying his tuition with the profits. John was popular on campus, not only because he employed several students, but also because he was affable [...]

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