Steven's Stories

This is my brother Aaron. We may not be biologically related, but that's beside the point. Although, there are Olsons among my ancestors...

My uncle Randy was tragically killed by a drunk driver before I was born. I have heard wonderful things about him, and I wish I could have k...

My cousin Darcy is an amazing, talented person. In the years since I did this portrait of her, she also got married and has an amazing son. ...

I made this portrait as a wedding present for my cousins Tim and Annika a few years ago. They now have two amazing kids! Today Annika advanc...

I wrote this on March 9, 1995 as part of an assignment in high school. It's based on a miracle recorded in 2 Kings 13:20-21: Elisha died...

I wrote this poem June 28, 2006 in memory of my Great-Uncle Spencer, my grandpa's youngest brother. We lost him to myelodisplastic syndr...

I wrote this poem September 28, 2000 in memory of my Great-Uncle Maynard, shortly after we lost him to cancer. A World War 2 veteran, he was...

When I visited Normandy, France in 1999, we spent a day going to several beaches where the Allied Forces landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944. That...

March 1941. Ken was a young man in love. He had to been getting to know Marian for some time, and he knew she was the one. He asked and she ...

I wrote this poem in November 2005 in honor of my grandpa's 90th birthday a couple months earlier. As we lost him nearly ten years later...

This past Wednesday I posted about doing a  word of the year rather than New Years resolutions. My words for 2023 are Beginnings and Sunris...

Dear Steven Sauke, Today is going to be a good day, and here's why. I went to see Dear Evan Hansen  this past Friday on its ...

We had our last Biggest Loser finale at my gym tonight. Since Vision Quest was recently bought out by LA Fitness, they have sadly chosen to ...