EndoDad76

01/24/2026

If there were awards for pretending everything is okay in public, you would need a bigger shelf.

Best smile while in pain.
Best performance during small talk.
Lifetime achievement in “I’m good.”

I see the effort behind the act.

Stay Strong,
Mike

01/24/2026

She is kind. Soft spoken. Patient.

But don’t confuse that for weakness.

She learned the hard way how to protect her peace.
She knows when to give grace and when to draw a line.
She can love deeply and still say no without apology.

Her boundaries are not attitude.
They are survival.
They are strength earned through experience.

Kindness is her nature.
Standing her ground is her power.

01/24/2026

You’ve spent a lot of time trying to prove you’re enough.

Enough for people.
Enough for expectations.
Enough for a body that doesn’t always cooperate.

But the truth is quieter than that.

You were enough before the struggle.
You were enough in the middle of it.
You are enough right now.

You don’t have to earn your worth. You already carry it.

01/24/2026

Nobody saw the nights she thought she wouldn’t make it.

Nobody heard the conversations she had with herself just to keep going.

They only see the woman standing now and call her strong.

They don’t see what she had to survive to become that way.

If this feels familiar, you didn’t get here by accident. You fought your way here.

01/24/2026

She learned strength before she ever asked for it.

Pain showed up early.
Confusion showed up early.
The feeling of being different showed up early.

So she built herself anyway.

Not loud.
Not flashy.
Just steady, stubborn, and still standing.

What tried to break her ended up shaping her.

If you see yourself in her, you already know. You did not become this by accident.

01/24/2026

Some days knock you flat.

They take your energy, your confidence, your patience, and leave you wondering how much more you can take.

But here’s what matters.

You got back up before.
You will get back up again.

Not because it’s easy.
Because you don’t quit on yourself.

This part is hard. It is not the end of your story.

You are going to make it.

01/24/2026

She looks calm.

Composed. Put together. Like she has it all handled.

You don’t see the nights she didn’t sleep.
The pain she learned to work through without saying a word.
The way her body has betrayed her and she still shows up anyway.

You don’t see the scars.
You don’t see the fight.
You don’t see what she carries every single day just to walk into a room and smile.

But it’s there.

Every woman you meet is carrying a story you will never fully understand. Some of them are carrying it in silence because they got tired of explaining.

If you know a woman living with endometriosis, chronic pain, or an invisible illness, look a little closer. Speak a little softer. Lead with more grace.

She grew wings after everything tried to break her.

If this reminds you of someone, tag her. Let her know you see her.

01/23/2026

Some days you perform “okay” so well that nobody questions it.

You answer texts. You sit through conversations. You keep the plans you wish you could cancel.

Then you get home and collapse into the quiet, wondering why you feel so drained when you “didn’t do that much.”

You did. You carried pain all day without letting it show.

If this sounds like your life, you’re not alone in it.

Stay Strong,
Mike

01/23/2026

I took a step back and started looking at what actually deserves my energy.

Not everything gets access to you. Not everything gets your time. Not everything gets your heart.

Sometimes healing starts when you quietly change your priorities and choose yourself again.

01/23/2026

Some days you need a reminder that you’re allowed to be human.

Bad days happen. Mistakes happen. Progress is not always loud or obvious. Rest is not failure. Asking for help is not weakness.

You are doing better than you think, even when it doesn’t feel like it.

10/13/2025

I don’t usually ask for help.
But this one means something.

I just released Episode 17 of Still Here, Still Trying — it’s called “Human First.”

It came out of a week in St. Thomas and St. John where Kellie and I celebrated our 26th anniversary — and somewhere between the blue water, the laughter, and a few quiet nights under the stars, something shifted.

I wrote about compassion, about faith, about watching my sister-in-law Amy feed stray cats every night because her heart can’t ignore suffering.
I talked about the songs that came from that — Stop Making Amy Cry, If Jesus Walked Today, Carry the Flame.
And about how hard it is to keep believing in kindness when the world keeps selling anger.

This episode is me — unfiltered.
It’s faith without noise.
It’s leadership with heart.
It’s an album born out of love and exhaustion and hope.

If you’ve ever felt like the world’s gotten too loud to hear yourself think… this one’s for you.

Please listen.
Share it if it moves you.
Tag someone who still believes we can do better.

🎧 Still Here, Still Trying — Episode 17: “Human First”
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tG4roOO5HybG8yR3aXO6y?si=9a12dc11d4ea49cd

08/01/2025

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