Bryan Smith:  

Life My Life Huh? Well, I was married to a beautiful woman for 9 yrs, widowed since June 2002. I have 2 boys, and custody of my step-daughter since her mother's passing. Now raising them on my own and starting life all over again at 34. Life can be challenging, mysterious, and an incredible amount of fun depending on how you approach things. I have chosen the high ground thanks greatly to the lessons taught me. I chased my dream of being a professional saxophone player and actually "could have" done it. (Well, I did do it for quite awhile.) But then, "life happened" and I was given the choice of my childhood dream or the most incredible woman my life has ever known, and I chose her. NO REGRETS! Now that she's in God's hands however, here I go again! ;-) Chasing that dream all over again. Only this time, with a clearer sense of direction, and all the responsibilities that being a father brings with it. Life has been bitter sweet for me. It has been better than any man deserves to have at times, and so bad at times that I wished and even prayed that the bitter palate that had been dispensed upon me would just end. Losing my wife was the worst of those times, but then just down the hall was the sound of my children playing to remind me of the sweetness that still remai...Expand for more