January 8, 2026 Cartagena was founded by Spanish conquerors as a main port to bring Europeans and their goods into South America. More importantly it was used to transport gold, silver and other precious minerals from all over the continent across the Caribbean and on to the Old World. Cartagena is Colombia’s most visited port.… Read more

January 3, 2026 On January 4, 2024, we embarked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to begin our Hope for Today Journey: Seeing God’s Hand at Work…Around the World. This was the first time I attempted to Blog our adventures. Thank you to all of you who have travelled with us and took the time to leave… Read more

December 31, 2025 For years I have hosted 18-wheel Feed the Children events here in Central Florida distributing household essentials, non-perishable food, toys, and handmade blankets to families from our surrounding communities. Here are some photos from this year’s event. My goal was to mentor charitable giving but as important was to create an opportunity for… Read more

December 28, 2025 Every year I purposely take off from Christmas through the New Year. When I was the CEO of PsychCare I used that time to reflect and plan goals and priorities for the new year. Now that I am retired, I focus on trying to live a purposeful life through our foundation Hope… Read more

Christmas morning, December 25, 2025 The whole entrance was wrong. Nine months pregnant and riding on a donkey for days, ask any woman who has given birth what that experience must have been like. No admission into a private room in a hospital but only the pathetic rejection by an innkeeper who only slightly opens… Read more

December 13, 2025 We lived in the community of Dorado Beach from 2015-2020. We loved Puerto Rico so much that we decided to invest in a hotel. Learn more here: New boutique luxury resort set to open in Old San Juan: Travel Weekly Last May we visited the hotel as they were preparing for their soft… Read more

November 12, 2025 There is a lot to get used to being in Istanbul. The President of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdoğan became Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003, a position he held until 2014. In 2014, he was elected President of Turkey and has held that office since August 28, 2014. After the… Read more

November 7, 2025 Turkey shares borders with seven countries: Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Because of this fact Turkey has worn a whole wardrobe of names across history, each one reflecting a different era twisting through time like a ribbon in the wind. Among them: Anatolia, Asia Minor, Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman… Read more

November 6, 2025 “Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean Sea.”— Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) From Zorba the Greek There is not much to say about the island of Santorini in Greece except that it is stunningly beautiful. It is one of my Top 5 places… Read more

November 2, 2025 I had a quiet day. When I arrived in Argostoli I was greeted by a young woman doing her morning yoga poses. It seemed to be a welcoming sign for my day ahead. Argostoli smells clean. Like how your t shirt smells after a spin in the dryer with Downey Fabric Softener.… Read more