Aaron

Aaron

A husband and daddy, born, raised, educated & employed in #RVA. Director of Programming @1stThings1stRVA. Making the most of life in Our City. Views my own.

NYWC Nashville: Catching Up

With $14/day internet in the hotel, the local Panera has become my local haven this week. It’s been a whirlwind 48 hours here in Nash-vegas, but a great time. Showed up Tuesday afternoon and started stuffing NYWC books with Melissa…

Nashville Panera

Apparently I caused a minor fiasco here in the local Panera this morning. Being on the road, I haven’t exactly eaten healthy food at every meal, so when I come in for breakfast, I want some juice, I want some…

monday (wednesday) rundown

the weekend… It’s mid-November, in Virginia. This weekend on our high school mini-retreat I jet skiied, went out on a boat, watched my kids go tubing. It was a blast. Then it turned cold, and it’s around 25 degrees at…

Thanks, Nebraska.

I don’t think I could pick just one adjective to describe this story. Scary. Sad. Travesty. Sick. Thankfully, Nebraska lawmakers are trying to rescind the law that makes it legal for parents to drop [read: desert] their teenagers at any…

A Conversation in Spirituality

An excerpt from my most-recent paper for spirituality class: Ambiguity is difficult to read. Some of life’s struggles are infinitely more difficult. But with God on our side, with God in our ear, our heart and our mind, and with…

Monday Rundown

The weekend… a flashback to pre-married life. A few of Kim’s college friends were in town for girls weekend. Thus I was escorted to the door. It was a nice escort. Our weekend started a little early — watching the…