When delivering a message or should I say when delivering a difficult message it is very important to make sure there is some truth some love and some accountability attached to it. It’s important so your message gets through clearly and then it is up to the person you’re telling it to on how they receive it. This goes for parents and for coaches. Hell, it even goes for bosses at work.

Some of the biggest lessons, young men will ever learn won’t come from what you say they’ll come from how you react. Especially when things get heated. Because when you’re a leader… A coach… A father figure… You’re being watched in the moments where it would be easiest to lose control.

I know I know I know I have been gone a little while, but it is baseball season and those are you who know me know that I’m a baseball coach and I am knee-deep into a baseball season. So please forgive me, but I am checking in with you guys to say hello to tell you that I miss you and I hope you are all doing well.

“Nobody really talks about what a father goes through when divorce hits him out of nowhere.

One day you’re a husband, a dad, a provider, a protector—

and the next day, the ground disappears beneath your feet.

No warning. No countdown. Just loss… and responsibility at the same time.”

“Today, I want to talk about the divorce a father never saw coming—

not from a place of bitterness,

but from a place of truth.”

“There’s a specific kind of pain that comes with loving someone deeply… and realizing you can’t give them what they need. Not because you don’t want to. Not because you don’t care. But because you’re simply not capable of it.”

We don’t talk about this enough.

We talk about effort.

We talk about sacrifice.

We talk about “if you really love someone, you’ll find a way.”

But what happens when you can’t?

What happens when you want to fix it, provide it, heal it, protect them from it—and you just don’t have the tools?

Today’s episode is about accepting that truth without turning it into guilt, shame, or self-hatred.

There comes a point where dating doesn’t feel exciting anymore.

It feels exhausting.

Not because you don’t want connection…

but because you’re tired of the games, the small talk, the ghosting, the almosts, and the emotional whiplash.

And if you’re listening to this thinking,

“Man, I’m tired—but I’m not bitter,”

this episode is for you.

Because being tired of dating doesn’t mean you’ve failed.

It might mean you’re finally getting honest.

Let me say this upfront—

Words are cheap. Presence is not.

Everybody says, “I’m here for you.”

Everybody says, “You can count on me.”

But when life gets uncomfortable… when it’s inconvenient… when it requires effort… most people disappear.

So today, I want to talk about what it really means to call someone a friend—and why real friendship is proven by action, not language.

Graduation feels like the finish line—but for young athletes, it’s really a crossroads. Too many walk away for a year thinking they’ll figure it out later… and later never comes. Today we’re talking about why momentum matters, why continuing your education and athletics keeps doors open, sharpens discipline, and protects your future. Because talent fades when it sits still—but purpose grows when you keep moving.