Start Where You Are

Hello everyone, and welcome to The Freedom Road.

I started this site for one simple reason: I believe freedom isn’t about luck. It’s about small, consistent good choices made over time.

I didn’t grow up with everything handed to me. I was raised on a small cattle farm in Oklahoma where the summers were hot, the winters were cold, and the work never stopped. My parents taught me early that if something needed doing, you just put your shoes on and got to it.

By my teens, I knew farming wasn’t my future, but the lessons stuck. Hard work. Responsibility. Not waiting for someone else to fix things. After college, I spent nearly 34 years as a budget analyst in civil service for the U.S. Air Force. Along the way, I married Edna — a Tech Sergeant at the time — and we raised four children while moving around the world during her 20-year Air Force career.

Here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Life changes. You can’t control everything, but you can control your faith, your discipline, and the choices you make. That’s what The Freedom Road is built on:

• Faith – The foundation for direction and purpose.

• Discipline – The steady force that turns intentions into results.

• Good Choices – The small, consistent decisions that shape your future.

You don’t need a big, dramatic starting point. You don’t need the perfect plan. You just need to start where you are and take the next right step.

If your finances are a mess, start with one bill.
If your health is slipping, take a walk today.
If your mind is cluttered, shut the phone off for an hour and breathe.

It’s not about getting it all done overnight. It’s about showing up, day after day, in small ways that add up over time.

So welcome to The Freedom Road. I’ll be here sharing stories, lessons, and encouragement from my own life and the lives of people I admire. My hope is that something here will spark your next good choice — and the one after that — until you look up one day and realize you’ve built a life you’re excited to wake up to.

Your Freedom Road starts here. And it starts now.