Meet Nick Stevens
Professional Writer
From his teens, Nick Stevens made a hobby of fatherhood and family. When he lost a daughter to an avalanche in 2008, he realized he needed to spend the rest of his life sharing his knowledge and experiences as dad with other men. His passion is that Father God has chosen fatherhood to illustrate His relationship with us. For over eighteen years now, he has led men’s ministries and spoken publicly about fatherhood.
Granddads, like most men, love to DO, not TALK.
They want to be good granddads, but don't know what that looks like beyond free babysitting and being a friend to the grandkids. Nick has now authored a book titled The Art of Being Granddad: Seven Blessings Your Family Needs from You, to be published in April 2026, that provides tools and a roadmap to help.
Grandfathers have an unexplainable influence - "When Pawpaw speaks, everyone stops and listens!" Nick wants to help every granddad understand how to bless their family and build a positive legacy.
He lives in Colorado and has climbed over twenty fourteen-thousand-foot mountains (14ers) using them to illustrate life principles.
Lygon Stevens
In 2008, while doing a winter ascent of Little Bear Peak in southern Colorado, a very large slab avalanche swept two of Nick's four children down a 1,000 slide. His son, Nick Jr. survived, but Lygon did not.
Their story and Lygon's journals have impacted many lives. A collection of her journal entries are published in Cairns for the Climb, from the Journals of Lygon Stevens, which is available for purchase through the Shopping page of this website.
Also, a subsidiary of Our Daily Bread produced a full-length film about Lygon, her faith, and how her journals provided hope and the needed faith to navigate the loss and publicity of her death. The film is titled The Time to Live Is Now, The Legacy of Lygon Stevens. A DVD copy of the film is also available for purchase through the Shopping page.
Lygon's "Work of Art"
I am a work of art, signed by God.
But He's not done; in fact, He has just begun.
Though the image in my mirror doesn't match the magazines, or movies, or the ads, I have on me the fingerprint of God.
Never will there ever be another person like me.
In all the world I have a job to do in this life that no other can do.
Can you see the fingerprint of God on me?
Lygon Steven
(journal from May 17, 2005; 18 years old.)