Who I am
Forty years behind the wheel. One diagnosis that changed everything.
I’ve been behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler for most of my working life. I run linehaul routes — nights, early mornings, miles of highway with nothing but my thoughts and the radio. I’m a Southern man, born and raised, and I’m married to my wife Barb. We’ve been together over 40 years. We raised three daughters — Pam, Brandy, and Kristen — and now there are six grandkids in the mix. That’s my world. That’s what matters.
I’m not a doctor. I’m not a therapist. I’m not somebody who turned their pain into a TED Talk. I’m just a man who spent a long time telling himself something wasn’t wrong — and then found out it was. Cancer has a way of making you real honest, real fast.
The diagnosis
I got Oral cancer. And I ignored the signs longer than I should have.
Looking back, I can see all the signs I explained away, minimized, or flat-out refused to look at. I’ve written about that period honestly. It wasn’t pretty. Denial is a powerful thing when you’ve got a family depending on you and a route to run.
But I got to the other side. And somewhere in the middle of treatment, in those long hard days when everything tasted wrong and I was tired in a way I’d never been tired before, I started writing it down.
“I didn’t start writing because I’m a writer. I started writing because I needed somewhere to put all of it.”
— Scott
Why Healed and Strong
Healed and Strong isn’t just a name. It’s where I’m headed.
It’s the version of myself I’m still becoming. This site is me sharing that journey — the things I got wrong, the things I got right, what faith looks like when you’re scared, and what a good marriage looks like when it’s holding you up.
If you’re somewhere in the middle of something hard right now — whether it’s cancer or just something that’s knocked the wind out of you — I built this for you. Pull up a chair. You don’t have to have it figured out to be in the right place.
40+
Years with Barb
3
Daughters
6
Grandkids
Start with the story
Nobody fights alone.
Head to the blog and read how this whole thing started. No sugarcoating. Just the truth about what it looks like when you finally stop running from something.
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