I Wrote a Book

So, shit. Here we are. Here I am.
I wrote a book.

Who would have thought this crazy ride was waiting for me when I first started writing back in 2022?

Over the past four years, I’ve learned more than I did in the previous forty-five. I’ve learned how to truly love. I’ve learned what loss actually feels like. What a broken heart feels like. What fear feels like. And strangely enough… what gratitude feels like too.

The crazy thing is, I wouldn’t change any of it.

These experiences gave me something I never expected: a platform to tell my story. And maybe, just maybe, help someone else feel a little less alone while going through their own struggles.

My heart aches thinking about others facing the kinds of things we’ve endured. But I also know there are people dealing with even worse. Some people never get the chance to tell their story. Some never make it home. The fact that I’m still here, able to write these words at all, makes me incredibly thankful.

Ironically, the book originally started as what I jokingly called a “midlife crisis.” I packed up my truck, loaded my rooftop tent, and headed west alone. The plan was simple: drive across the country, meet my wife and kids in Arizona, and explore the parks and beauty of the western United States together.

Little did I know what life had in store for us.

While on that trip in 2022, I was laid off from my job. In March of 2023, on my birthday, my wife suffered a brain hemorrhage. In early 2024, I lost my job again. In August of 2025, my Dad passed away. Three days later, my 52-year-old sister died unexpectedly. Then, in early 2026, our family suffered a house fire.

How could I not keep writing?

Oddly enough, the fire answered something I had struggled with for a long time: how this story ends. Standing there watching our home burn, I suddenly knew. This was it. This was the ending. Not because the story was over, but because somehow, through all of it, we kept going.

The book is now complete and entering the editing phase. Once finished, I’ve decided to self-publish, most likely through Amazon. My goal isn’t perfection. My goal is simply to get the story out into the world.

I’ll likely release a companion photography book later on as well. Photography became such an important part of this journey that it deserves its own space too.

My hope is to have the book released within the next 90 days.

Until then, I’ll continue sharing updates here on Facebook and Instagram as this next chapter unfolds.

Oh… and the name of the book?

“Three Little Birds.”