Thanks…

Thanks, God, for everything. For your creation, this country, all these communities where I’m blessed with a deep sense of belonging. Thank you for family, friends, and clients. Thank you for Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness. Thank you for Jesus and the gift of salvation and the process of sanctification. Thank you for love, patience, and kindness. Dear God, help me to pass it along…

Thanks, Dave, for twenty years of work together. Thanks, Ron, for a damn good seventeen. Let’s walk the earth in peace, friend. Thanks, Slo, for fourteen together. Thanks, Durp, for an amazing dozen. Same to you, The Athlete. You are my favorite Jews this side of heaven. Beyond blessed to be with you. Thanks, PK, for twenty years plus of building. You are my older brother. Thanks Gu, for your wisdom and guiding hand for twenty years plus. Thanks, Kitty, for your grace and kindness for twenty plus. Damn, I still miss LA. Grateful for all the good we had. Thanks, Browny for nineteen years of belief. Thanks, Doscher, for a beautiful dozen. You are my little bro. Thanks, Slippage, for rowing your boat our way. Chasing excellence is your essence.

Thanks, Miss, for forty. Damn. You are my best girl. I knew the moment I saw you at the salad bar. You are my constant and best friend through sickness, health, and a whole lot of heaven! I love you more than you’ll ever understand.

Thanks, BTL band. I love you all. You are so filled with love, gratitude, and a tough, F$%& you kinda love. God bless you. Thank you, Rachel, my apprentice. You are tough as nails. Tender too. You inspire me and make me smile. Grab the reins. Lead us. Thank you, Jiggles, my newest apprentice. You have what it takes. You are going to be great. Believe. Do. The. Damn. Thing. Work. Keep working. Thanks, Taylor Logan Sockies. You are my youngest son and youngest member of the band. You are going to be great too. Keep letting Rachel make you do what you can. Thanks, JimmyTHEgant. You are the love cat that keeps the band energized for any obstacle. God, bless you my brother. You belong. You belong with this band…

Thanks, Mom, for believing in me before I did. You are the best mom I could have ever wished for. I am a poor mans version of you. Thanks, Jordan, for surprising us with your presence this Thanksgiving. You are my eldest son and I am so, so happy to be your dad. Thank you, Andrew Paul, for giving us our first grandson. You and Ek are a pair of bright bulbs. You light up the room. God bless you. Thank you, Krit, for being your dad’s only daughter. You know you have half my heart. You are the most like me. Sorry and thank you. I don’t know how a dad could love a daughter more, you know.

Thanks, Grappy, for saving my sorriness. You are one of my few. Brother Mick. Same.

Thanks, Cbear, for asking me to kick your you know what. Thanks for doing the work and believing. Thanks, Wizard, for letting me have the privilege of building into you and your team. You know both are my favorite 😍 . Thanks, Nick, for the intensity of your belief. We will grow old together, I’ll just get there twenty years before you…

Thanks, Hunter, for your trust and your determination to be great. You too have what it takes. Believe, please. Thanks, Bryan, for being my last new client. I picked a good one to end on. Thanks, Brian, for being so damn good at loving your team and loving your work. Wierema. You are like another son of mine. You and Anais are two beautiful souls. God bless you both. Tommyc. Damn. You are the acorn that’s morphed into the mighty oak. Thanks for finally completing discovery. You’ve been well worth the wait.

Thanks, Brooke, for being my only hippie client. You are committed to chasing excellence. Gonna be fun to see how high you fly. Reda. You are the man. Thanks for transforming beside me. Joeythelamb. Oh my gosh has it been so much fun to watch you grow over this past decade. You and your three sons are a beautiful bunch. Thanks, Marshall, for your trust and your quiet spirit. You can do more than you think. Do more.

Thanks, Baby Kass, for your belief and trust. You are one of the most badASS entrepreneurs I’ve ever met. Your sense of what the market wants is spot on. You are my friend. Thanks, Krazy Kyle, for being the most prolific writer nobody knows. You are the son of a rocket scientist. I cannot wait to see how you finish this ride, to infinity and beyond, my friend. To the many others that have come and gone but are certainly not forgotten – thanks for allowing me the privilege to build into you for a season, or two, or many more. You remain in my thoughts and prayers. I will never forget any that have chosen to BBTL. You are all precious to me. Your willingness to do the hard work and allow me to challenge you day in and day out. Inspiring. Thank you. I miss you…

Thanks, Littlest, for your constant friendship and fifteen years of BBTL. You are one of my few and will forever be in my heart. Thanks, PJ, Blondie, Brother Mick, and Downer for being my best cycling buddies. Bon jour, pussycats! Let’s grow old but not tired together. I know there are many more souls to thank. I know you know my desire is to leave none behind. Will you forgive me if I’ve forgotten to mention you by name? Thanks. Damn.

Live hard. Love harder. Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks…