We just returned from a ten-day trip to Kansas City. And it was a whirlwind!
We spent four days driving and jump-started our trip by leaving in the evening the day before we had planned to leave.
In our six days in Kansas City, we fit in:
- Got to KC just in time to catch the second half of a most fantastic and nail-biting Chiefs game, but aren’t they all?
- Lots of evening time to catch up with my brother Tom and his wife Tammy, and got them hooked on Yellowstone!
- Three book signings
- Dinner with a former dog handler (Proud of you Steve)
- Lunch and a working meeting with a client (Excited to see where we go, Mo!)
- Several chiropractor visits – thanks Andy Harding for putting me back together again.
- Dinner with family (love you, Karen and Dean)
- Radio time with my favs – Dana and Parks!
- A Menard’s fix – when will they make it to Virginia?
- My niece’s wedding (Amber, you were beautiful)
- A most awesome two-day seminar, Slaying Your Shame Dragon (which filled my heart and gave me a new tribe! Thanks Barabara!!)
- Book signing and services at our former church in Sedalia (Thanks so much Chad!)
- Interview with Faith Bemiss for a front-page story in the Sedalia newspaper. (Blessings to you Faith!)
- Lunch and overnight stay with Sedalia friends (Love your new house, Jake and Larry!)
- Visit with our oldest Sedalia friends (Thanks Andy!)
- Breakfast with our most profound Sedalia mentors and friends (Love you, Ben and Vicki!)
- Our planned route home for a beautiful trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains turned tricky with heavy rain and low fog.
- But it all came together when we pulled into the driveway with happy grandkids dancing around us!













Thank you so much for all you do Toby!
Love you and your work, Toby. Walking a tough road. Keeping hope alive though!
Toby, I did finish reading your book, Living With Conviction, and I cried through the whole last chapter. Having known you and then reading all that you privately went through REALLY touched my heart. I have loaned your book to a friend at my vet’s office.
I am so happy for you that LIFE is busy and fruitful. What a Whirlwind!!!!
Again, great reading about all your friends and happy goings-on on your KC trip. If ever in St. Louis, please let me know.
Toby, I love you and follow you from a distance as do many others you know not of. You are making a difference in ways you likely will never know. It’s a joy to watch your continued journey of success having escaped your prison. 🙂