Learning

By Dwayne Hicks | November 3, 2016 |

I have learned a lot in my years here on earth. I’ve learned some really obvious lessons over the years. I’m pretty sure I’m learning something new every day. I would say that some new things I learn have a profound affect on me, while others are fairly mundane and simple, but new nonetheless. As…

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Broken

By Dwayne Hicks | October 23, 2016 |

I do remember what it feels like to be beat down and broken because of events that happen that are completely beyond my control. I have felt absolutely helpless to fix or repair the damage done. I have come to accept that there are accidents and events that happen that I have absolutely zero control…

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Adopted

By Dwayne Hicks | October 13, 2016 |

I’ve learned more about adoption in the last 6 years than I’ve known my whole life. When my wife and I decided to be open to adoption of a young kid in Nicaragua over 6 years ago, we had no idea what the journey would look like. The adoption process is very detailed and every…

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Education is Power

By Dwayne Hicks | August 29, 2016 |

  We have more educational opportunities at our fingertips than ever before in the history of our existence. I remember as a kid, my parents purchasing the Encyclopedia Britannica for us to have educational tools in our home for research and background information. There we like 30 volumes and I can still remember where they…

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Sheep & Shepherd

By Dwayne Hicks | March 18, 2015 |

I’ve always thought of sheep as dumb animals. I did a little bit of research to find that there are characteristics of a sheep that are actually quite smart. So much of their behavior is built in. They flock together for safety and they learn at a very young age to follow the leaders of…

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