Digging Up Bones!

Significant Places in My Life. Today, I had a mission. I drove around for hours taking photographs of places that you will read about in my new book TenderHeart. Have you ever done this? Just drove around and visited places from your past? I hadn't either, until today. I don't mind telling you, it had a profound effect on me. The focus of TenderHeart is based on divorce and the pain and anguish of having your family ripped from your life. As I went to the homes where I lived as a married man, it broke my heart to see them empty. In fact, the house I spent my honeymoon in, is in ruins, same as my marriage. As I went to my childhood homes and saw the places, where I lived daily with abuse, my blood ran cold. I felt like a scared child once more. The voices of the past haunted me as I sat in the safety of my automobile. It was as though, I was afraid, at any moment, I might be snatched by the hair of the head and beaten; like I was when I was little. However, though painful at times, when all was said and done, my little trip down memory lane had served me well. I could have never imagined at the time these events were unfolding, that I would one day put them in a book. Nor, would I ever have thought that they would help me to appreciate, so much more, the goodness of God.  Yes, there was some definite, long overdue healing accomplished today. If you have never revisited places from your past, I highly recommend it! You will be glad, you did!