This is a photo of Byrd and Melanie Billings with their children, many of whom require special needs. The day of the murders, (murder suspect) Pat Gonzalez wrote a chilling message on his MySpace page that read making a change for humanity and changed his status to adventurous.
Unless you live in a cave without any [...]

Lost Sole #291 is dedicated to Frank Barrett whose life was snuffed out violently after living a peacful life for over 86 years. I found this Lost Sole on Hwy 98 in Destin while driving back from the beach to Wayne and Alice’s house immediately after hearing about the tragedy. I wish I had my [...]

Lost Sole #185 is dedicated to Baby Francis, may she always be watched over and perhaps someday, somehow, be reunited with her Mommy and Daddy who love and miss her so much
During our pregnancy with Noah we received a lot of gifts from friends and family around the country and such via UPS. It [...]

This was McKenzie Oerting's boot, she took this photo as a tribute to my One Shoe Diaries and I am posting it as a tribute to her and her spirit that lives on through things like this. Pretty haunting is also the fact I got it sent to me in an email one year ago [...]

Lost Sole #259 Dedicated to the "Iceman" Larry Caton, R.I.P.
Well, since i have written so many entries over the last year that have been somber in nature, it has been such a nice change to write the humorous stories lately. This entry will have a little of both.
My friend Eric and I have been playing [...]

Lost Sole #274, Dedicated to Jeffrey Pierce Rodgers who lost his life on I-110 in Pensacola Florida on January 10, 2009. May his soul be blessed. Today Sharon and I were on our way to a “Liquidation Sale” at a local fairgrounds, and on the way I saw a lost sole, but decided I was [...]

Shoe #272, Pensacola Florida, dedicated to Gail Ann Horne, killed by drunk driver, Gail was described by family as “very, very funny,” she said. “She had a great personality and a fantastic sense of humor. She lit up a room and was a fantastic lady.”As some of you may know my Volume 2 is titled [...]

Some months back Sharon and I went down to Port Charlotte for a charity auction benefiting a friend of ours, Rena Dalva, that was diagnosed with cancer. I had donated a manatee painting that I had created for the auction and plus Sharon’s sister Rachie was throwing a baby shower for her so we drove [...]

e made it without any problems, we did go through some slick roads due to freezing rain but nothing too bad. I only spotted one lost sole on the way, but found one in Cincinnati pretty quickly. It became my first shoe with snow on it :)
As many know, Sharon and I are actively trying to conceive. We are pretty eager as we are not getting any younger. We actually thought possibly we did conceive this past week, but mother nature did not bless us :( It is so hard. …

On Christmas Eve 2007, a good friend of mine passed on from this earth. He was a great guy who has many friends and family that will miss him dearly.