To my family, friends, and followers

I appreciate your support during these difficult days and in the days ahead. I’m sure I don’t need to explain my decision to step back and remain silent during this family emergency.

However, writing is my outlet, my release, and my way of expressing emotions that may not always come through in my podcasts.

"Character" is a funny way to describe myself as The Weather’d Soul, but right now, I am being truly weathered—growing—as I navigate this period of my life.

There is no doubt that I am the same person off-camera and off-mic as I am when recording. Could I continue my regular schedule of shows while this is happening? Absolutely.

But the problem is that I wouldn’t be true to myself. I can’t be The Soul when, right now, I’m leaning on the strength of my God to guide me through this path.

Through my spiritual journey, I’ve come to realize that I am powerless over things I cannot control—and that I don’t want to control. So I choose to take the backseat, to ride through the experience without needing to be the driver. I hope you understand that analogy.

Trials and pitfalls, triumphs and struggles—they all come at a cost. Reality hits when and where it wants, and I can't control that.

So I control what I can, submit to what I must, and trust that when I emerge from this fire, I may be burnt and a little charred, but I will be a stronger, better version of myself.

The Weather’d Soul will be back with The Report and The View.

But remember—if a soul stays hard like a rock, it will always be just a rock. My soul is like soft clay, shaped by time and experience.

More Weather’d upon my return.

I’ll be back soon.

Be good to yourself.