Growin' Up Gregory

During our drive home from the beach last week, everyone dozed off for a little while and I actually had some quiet time to just look around, think, and reflect.  Maybe you're like me and your mind often goes into a deep thinking mode after vacations, or maybe not.  But during those few hours on the road and those few moments of peace and quiet I started thinking. I could have thought about all the problems that this state has.  I could have considered where we rank in employment, in education, in roads, in welfare, or in any other area that the so called experts who rank states show South Carolina near the bottom nationally.  But after hearing what a friend shared today, I don't want to focus on that.  There are enough people focused on the negative.  I'm not saying let's ignore our problems and hope they go away.  I'm just saying that is highly unlikely that my blog is going to convince a judge, politician, or state official to change a rule or ...

Most of my close friends and family, especially my wife, are well aware that one of the words I'm not very good at saying to others is "No."  I have a tendency to make every effort possible to be everywhere and do everything that is asked of me.  Sadly, that is often at their expense because of the stress and pressure I put on myself to perform to an extremely high standard.  I don't know why that is, but I am working on it.  And oddly enough, today was one of those days that I officially unofficially said "No" to something that I had wanted for the past 18 months by allowing the deadline to pass by. In Fall 2016, as the presidential race heated up and politics in general took center stage, I began to pay a lot more attention to politics and our elected officials.  I began to read up on who they are, listened to what they were saying, and watched how they interacted with others.  I began studying up on politics in general to learn what impact certain posi...