by mardirousi | Jul 25, 2025 | Life Lesson
We live in a time when the role of men is being redefined, challenged, and in some cases, altogether dismissed. The world often tells us masculinity is dangerous, that fatherhood is optional, and that traditional values are outdated. But I believe, now more than ever,...
by mardirousi | Jul 23, 2025 | Life Lesson
Sometimes the greatest lessons about integrity come not from our enemies, but from watching those we trust navigate their own moral contradictions. There’s a peculiar kind of education that happens in midlife—one that arrives not through books or formal...
by mardirousi | Jul 10, 2025 | Life Lesson
I sit in the back pew, watching tearful children approach the podium. Their voices crack as they share stories of Sunday morning pancakes, bedtime stories that stretched past midnight, and the way their grandfather’s eyes lit up when they scored their first...