I have been astounded by the hospitality I have received around the country during this journey.

Well, I don’t know how you feel about kids who transition genders, but when my little girl was 12, she told me he was a boy.

This is the eighth Humans&Harmonies (H&H) blog post. (I know I missed last week -- I was enjoying the amazing landscape of Glacier National Park!) Every Friday, another H&H blog post will be released. Each post will have an associated song that you can watch and listen to via YouTube. The songs are written from a perspective other than my own. This week the song is written about Barry's relationship with his father. Click HERE to listen to this week's song called "Heaven's Pe

I didn't know where to park amongst the tractors and other machinery, let alone knowing how to connect with these people.

"There were times when I’d be working in the shop and all of a sudden I would burst into tears."

As legend has it, Jesse coaxed up his horse and galloped toward the ledge of the gorge, and jumped the 20 feet.

"I had to ask ‘why am I here?’ and ‘what am I running from?’ I never really found those answers, but I grew so much by just asking..."

So often we overinvest ourselves into the people around us. Not only do we love them, we also love who we are when we are with them.

Once I made that decision, it was game on — let the mental gymnastics begin. I had to construct someone new for myself to believe in.