Who is This Matthew White?

Well, no one special, really.  Just an average guy. 

I used to be a policy advisor to the Republican Caucus in the Tennessee House of Representatives but recently made the move to the private sector. 

I married way better than I deserved (my wife will be known as the GM because she's the boss) and we have the smartest, most beautiful little girl in all of creation (she'll be playing the role of batgirl).  I'll talk about them every now and then because they are the loves of my life.  But most of the stuff that goes on around the Grounds' living quarters isn't for public consumption.

A self-avowed political junkie, I've been an aide to former Congressman Ed Bryant during his 2002 Senate race, done two stints with the Tennessee Republican Party and some work for former Congressman and Gubernatorial candidate Van Hilleary as well as Sen. Lamar Alexander.  That's in addition to consulting on a couple of Congressional races and some legislative campaigns. 

I've also done some work in the fields of higher education and technology but none of it warrants much more than a brief mention.  There, it's done.

I spent 6 1/2 years in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.  It was without question the most challenging, grueling, rewarding and satisfying part of my career.  My service was modest compared to most of my contemporaries but it is still a great source of pride. 

Even if baseball isn't the nation's favorite pastime anymore, it's still mine.  I'll watch a little league game to get my fix of what Whitman called "The American Game."  The Braves are my team but everyone (including Yankee fans) is welcome to comment on my baseball ruminations.

Like so many other bloggers, I'm just a regular guy with an outlet to say what's on my mind.  That's the greatness of America and the beauty of the blogosphere.

You'll learn more about me as we talk politics, issues and baseball.  I look forward to learning more about you at the same time.

Thanks for stopping by.  Play ball!

Comments

[Janelle]

I miss my children. They have all grown up.

I've been divorced a couple of times and I am so imperfect.

My life was grand when I was a young girl like your daughter. I played piano and got standing ovations and my last recital I played, Ebb Tide.

An older man that sang a song that is still played today took away my innocence and youth. I had to let go of a baby and prayed someday I would see him again.

In God's timing I did. I just kept falling and went in and out of a marriage I thought was right but it started out wrong.

I miss Donald Sensing and he knows my son Dean Esmay that runs a blog and Sensing has given him things to ponder on.

I love God, I love baseball, I love music and I write it too.

I attend Max Lucado's church when I can. He is just about the number one writer in the christian world as well as, the NY Times Lists.

I am not well and am fighting for my rights as a woman that worked throughout her life and am now on a small disability fighting with the Texas Rehab. I have paid my taxes since I was 12. My parents signed a paper so I could work in the summers.

I wrote a sonnet that went all around the world called, "A Teddy Bear and A Rose". The true story of how when I relinquished my son to adoption, God answered my prayer 20 years later.

I brought my son a Teddy Bear I was never able to give him and he brought me a single Red Rose.

My youngest son went into the Border Patrol and after 9-11, he went and tested and is now serving in Homeland Security as a criminal undercover agent with Immigration.

My daughter works for the State of Washington.

None of my children can be with me and I can not put stress on them especially Dean, the one with the blog. He is trying to make ends meet and I get inspired at times when I am there and pray he will come back to Jesus.

Your family sounds like what I did have at one time.

Thank you for the wonderful work you do and maybe someday when I can I will send you a copy of my song. I felt so bad when I heard Ronald Regans son talk about his life as an adopted son that felt he was a bastard. There is no such thing. My son was not. Michael Reagan wrote a book called, "Twice Adopted".

I know his pain. I started two search and support groups here Texas, one in San Antonio and one in El Paso. I know that a child born to a birthmother is loved as in the story of Moses.

God Bless You and thank you for making a lonely Mom feel better.

Mary Janelle (excuse any wrong spellings as I am in ppain a lot with Rhum.Arth/Lupus and feel lonely.

What a most beautiful blog.