Chad David: Officiant, Therapist, & Really Cool Guy

Why Santa Doesn’t Give Pets It’s never easy losing someone you love, but it’s particularly difficult the month before Christmas. Normally Jimmy loved this time of year, but nothing was able to help him get over losing his best friend. Charlie had been there since he was born and now that Jimmy was seven, this was the first time he had ever faced the world without his trusted companion. That’s the trouble with dogs; they never live long enough. All month he had secretly b...Continue reading

**My official Christmas book, The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire is a FREE download until tomorrow night, Dec 14. The following is a new story for the sequel. You Can Be Better Michael Jr. was getting increasingly frustrated with humanity (and probably not the only one). Over his lifetime it seemed that people were continually growing in selfishness and entitlement while ignoring the importance of community and sharing. It was as if people somehow d...Continue reading

A New Short Story Find other short stories like this one in The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire on Amazon FREE Download Thursday Dec 10-14. Stop Complaining!...Continue reading

Be Open to Opportunities (How I met Rita Carrey) Rita Carrey graciously did the forward to my Christmas book, The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire, free download Dec 10-14 on Amazon (yes, that’s a promotional moment). Her motto is Be open to opportunities, and it has served her well (and really benefited me). In her forward she talks about this as well as what it was like growing up in the Carrey household. It’s a pretty incredible forward, which wi...Continue reading

A Gift You Can Give Everyone This Christmas This has been a difficult year for many people (minus a few like me who have been very blessed, but I won’t get into that because I’m sure someone would want to pop me in the nose for even mentioning that). Fortunately, I have a gift you can gift everyone, which in turn, is a wonderful gift for me. I just published my second book, The Happy Squire: Christmas Stories to Encourage & Inspire, and I need help giving it away. Yes, I ...Continue reading