Happy New Year, everyone. It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post, and if I’m honest, life has been a whirlwind lately. The holidays, workouts, and, well, something big happening tomorrow have kept me pretty occupied. Let me catch you up. If you’ve been following along, you know about Greg. We first met…

You might remember a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about stopping to help a guy with a flat tire. I didn’t know his name then, but I do now. Greg. We ran into each other again at a coffee shop last week. It wasn’t planned. He was sitting at a table, scribbling something in…

The other day, I stopped to help a young man on the side of the road. His car was pulled over, hazard lights flashing, and I could see him wrestling with the jack and a tire that clearly wasn’t going anywhere. It’s a scene I’ve been in myself more times than I’d like to admit.…

I’ve been thinking a lot about Jeff lately—about the kind of man he is and what he means to me. Earlier this week, he came out publicly on Instagram, and it feels like one of those moments that deserves more than just a passing acknowledgment. I’ll be honest: when Jeff first told me he was…

Jeff said something to me yesterday that I haven’t been able to shake. He’s been running the Instagram for The Brotherhood, and he told me he’s started to notice something different when he looks at the posts. “It’s like there’s more going on here than just us,” he said. At first, I brushed it off.…

This morning’s workout was brutal. The kind of brutal I crave. My alarm went off before the sun came up, and by the time I hit the gym, it was just me and the sound of weights clanging against the racks. There’s nothing like that first heavy pull of a deadlift—feeling every muscle in your…

I had a conversation with Jeff yesterday that’s been sitting with me. It started because of this picture he posted on Instagram. It’s me in the gym, mid-workout, doing this goofy “hulk smash” pose with a ferocious roar on my face. It’s the kind of thing I’d normally laugh about, but seeing it publicly posted,…

I’ve been sitting with something lately, trying to work out why I keep feeling like I’m falling short. This whole Brotherhood thing—it’s supposed to be about building something good, something real. But sometimes I catch myself wondering if I’m really helping or if I’m just making things harder for the people I care about. Take…

Alright, so it’s come to my attention (thanks to Jeff) that I may have jumped into this blog without even telling you what The Brotherhood actually is. I realize that might be kind of important. Here’s the honest answer: I’m not entirely sure yet. Jeff and I were talking about what we’re building here, and…

Hey, everyone. Matthew here. Welcome to the blog. I’ve been thinking about starting something like this for a while now, and thanks to some nudges from Jeff, we’re finally putting thoughts into words. Right now, it’s just the two of us in the Brotherhood, and this blog is our way of opening up a bit,…