Eric Flores

05/12/2023

Two days and 5 years ago I met Megan for the first time at Rosepepper in East Nashville. Megan and I make our yearly pilgrimage there as a way to remember that first date and how it really changed everything in our lives and put us on a journey that’s better, more meaningful, and more beautiful, than we ever could’ve made up in our heads. I still remember walking Megan to her car and walking away thinking “what just happened?!” because something had definitely happened. If there was ever a jarring sign in my life this was it.

I try to stay focused on the present and pay close attention to everything I do and experience. I’m very much a details guy and part of that is being an excellent observer in general. When I stop and think of the past (as I often do) it’s still hard for me to believe in a life so unbelievable. I remember swing dancing with Megan for the first time, sitting on the stage after playing the Opry at the Ryman for the first time as we listened to Vince Gill play “Look at us” 15 feet away, almost passing out as they opened the doors at our Wedding for Megan to walk down the aisle, and Megan dragging me up the side of that mountain at Glacier on our Honeymoon. I remember 20 something national parks and buying our 1st home. I remember holding Megans hand and crying with her as she brought both of our beautiful daughters into the world. I remember all the hard and scary times too where we worked together, held each other, asked God for guidance, and moved forward together in terror.

Megan, there is no one on this planet I would rather be doing life with. My vow to you is forever and beyond this life. The fact that we found each other is a miracle that I am grateful for every day. I’m glad that I gave up my road dog life to see you and our children flourish every day. I’m glad that we got the mini van even though I wanted to get the Expedition and I can’t wait to fill that van with more beautiful children that remind me of how beautiful our Marriage is even though people think we’re crazy for wanting a bigger family. I Love You Megan.

28/06/2023

Happy Birthday to my beautiful and wonderful wife! We’ve been having a fantastic and busy day together with the girls.

Megan, as you know you are the most special person on the planet and I love you with all my heart! Our girls love you so much and I couldn’t dream up a better woman for them to be raised by.

I Love You! You’re the best and Happy Birthday my Love!

20/06/2023

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Today Megan and I are celebrating 3 beautiful years of Marriage. Looking at the things we’ve done and the people we’ve grown to be these past three years, I’m constantly thankful that I found someone as incredible as Megan to share my life with. In a broken world where marriages fail often and many more are miserable but intact, Megan and I are always looking at the reality that we have to work harder than most and do things that most are unwilling to do in order for our Marriage to thrive, be successful, and fruitful.
 
Three years ago, when I was standing at the alter and they were about to open those doors for Megan to walk through, I told my best man Charles that I might pass out. I felt like I was really going to. This wasn’t cold feet at all but the opposite. It was my body knowing that I was about to commit my life to Megan forever in front of God, our family, and our closest friends. I knew I was about to make a vow that NO MATTER WHAT I wasn’t leaving, and that Megan and I were going to become one and that if she has problems that they are my problems too and that if I have problems that they are her problems too.

20/06/2023

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Societally, we’re so used to doing whatever we want, and we’re tempted with the proposition that happiness and self-gratification at all costs is a great pursuit. This is naivete because happiness and self-gratification cannot be maintained across long periods of time and when you chase happiness and self-gratification solely you actually end up with less of it and instead more despair and loneliness. People who maintain the most happiness and self-gratification across time are the ones who sacrifice and adopt challenges voluntarily that will grow their capacity to content with life’s suffering. Life is going to dish out suffering, the question is “How much of it can you handle”? Have you practiced suffering? Have you done things you don’t want to do? Have you done things that are hard?
 
Who the hell wants to sacrifice? No one, but life will make you and if you don’t practice it on your own, misfortune and tragedy can crush you. Marriage is a huge sacrifice. “I’m not leaving ever” means that if I don’t want to eat pure misery for the next 60+ years in a terrible marriage, I better always do something about it. I better change and I better learn to communicate better. What’s the alternative? Fracturing our family? Creating a situation where your children (if you have them) don’t have a mother and a father who love each other? If you think that one loving parent can give what two loving parents can give, you’re just flat out wrong. If you think that two loving parents that don’t love each other can give you what two loving parents that do love each other can give you, you’re wrong.
 
The evidence is clear that there is a hierarchy (like it or not). Having a loving Mother and Father that love each other have the best chance at raising children who function well in the world, maintain strong relationships across large spans of time, are not involved in criminal activity, are not in a constant state of poverty, and are not in a constant state of despair. Is this some kind of guarantee? Of course not, it means that having a loving Mother and Father that love each other is the best chance you have at thriving in the world.

20/06/2023

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It's easy for me to want to be against things but I told Megan that I would work on being FOR things and I am FOR Marriage as God designed it.
 
If you are married and you are having a hard time, I am praying that you and your spouse can remember and honor your commitment to each other. When you stood in front of God, your family, and your friends remember what you promised and remember that your ability to honor your promises is what steady’s the rocky and rough life that we’re given. You can’t build your life on sand because it moves based on the environment around it. When hard times shake your world, it is the strength of your commitment to your spouse and to God that will help you persevere while those who’s commitments are like sand fall apart and are left broken, fractured, and alone.
 
Megan, thank you for always being in this with me even when I do a terrible job making the bed, unloading the dishwasher, dropping beard hair all over the restroom, change the thermostat without talking about it, and pausing TV shows when I have to run to the bathroom without asking for permission to pause first. I’m a work in progress but I’m committed to you. I will change when I need to, and I will stand firm when I need to. I fully adopt the responsibility of being your husband and the father to our children. I’m praying for an eternity of making beautiful memories and persevering against adversity by your side. Thank you for the beautiful memories and thank you for our beautiful children!
 
Happy Anniversary my Love.

15/05/2023

I didn’t know how much I would love being a Father. Watching these two silly girls develop and grow every day has been one of the greatest Joy’s I’ve ever experienced. Today I honor my Wife for the beautiful sacrifice of being the Mother of our Children. Watching Megan from the time we realized she was pregnant until now has been a beautiful journey. Every day my heart is filled knowing that my two young girls have the best example of what a great Woman is.

I think the sacrifice of choosing to be a Mother is sadly under appreciated these days and I believe we’re paying for our naivety in society.

Megan, I see you. I was there throughout both pregnancies. I saw the discomfort as your body changed and was doing things it had never done before. I was there with you as we held the fear of not knowing if our children were ok in the womb. I was there during both deliveries holding your hand as we held our fears together. I’ve seen the true sacrifice first hand of birthing both of our girls and how incredibly hard it was. I saw the blood, sweat, and tears you gave. I see you everyday teaching our girls, playing with them, helping them find their voice, and holding their pain when they get hurt. I see you soothing them and caring for them when they’re scared and in need. I see you read to them, sing to them, and provide for them. I see you and I’m so proud of you! Thank you for creating life with me and sending a part of me and a part of you into the world for good.

You carried and birthed our beautiful girls. No man can do what you did. No man can be what you are. I honor you as my Wife and the Mother of our beautiful Children. I honor the sacrifice that’s it’s been and the sacrifice that it is everyday. I’m devoted to always loving you, protecting you, caring for you, and honoring you. I Love You Megan! Happy Mothers Day!

13/04/2023

had a great interview on TL’s Roadhouse podcast with . Y’all go check it out! Guest mention at 1:34 😂. https://youtu.be/ys613SBC934

08/05/2022

Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful wife Megan ! She has been a better Mother than I ever could’ve dreamed up to raise children with. Our daughter Montana is so lucky to have her as someone to look up to. Montana is so loved, cared for, and happy.

Megan, I love you so much and I am so proud of you! I see you everyday and what you do for our Family and I’m eternally grateful for the gift that you are! I’m so thankful to be by your side through life and as we raise children together! Happy Mothers Day my Love!

11/11/2021

Part 2 of 2: I’m so proud... Im so overjoyed... I’m so thankful... I’m so energized by the responsibilities before me... I’m so in love with my Wife and our daughter... I’m so humbled that God would grow my heart to hold such a heavy love for my new family...

Life is different... it’s better... it’s worth the challenge! I adore you Megan and I thank you and honor you for the woman you are and for carrying, loving, and taking care of our child. Thank you for taking on the costly responsibility of being “Mother” by my side. God bless our family and God bless the crosses we carry through life in the process of voluntary sacrifice, death of our old selves, and rebirth into a new and better life.

11/11/2021

Part 1 of 2: “Mo, it’s your Daddy” is what I would say to my daughter in the Womb every day as she grew. Watching my wife grow our child has been one of the greatest wonders I’ve ever observed. It was unbelievable that her body knew how to develop our child’s heart, her hands, her feet, and everything else about her.

I sat in shock and wonder every time Mo would kick, or move her elbows, or have the hiccups. With her being my first child I had no idea what was normal so I would always pray that she was ok. I had this indescribable love for her even though I didn’t know anything about her other than she was very much alive and was the manifestation of Megan and I’s love for each other growing in the flesh. We wondered who she’d look like, what she would be like, and whether or not she was healthy.

At 12:59 PM on October 29th, 2021 Montana Leslie Flores cried as she gasped for her first breaths. Megan and I wept at the beautiful sound together and as our eyes locked on her our hearts were bonded together forever as a family.

Labor was very hard and everything we had hoped for in the labor process was taken from us over and over again. We were exhausted, starved, defeated, and broken by the process but when Montana took that breath our family was put back together in the most beautiful and unbreakable bond.

As much as I loved her in the womb I couldn’t formulate a vision of what it would be like to be her father. I couldn’t imagine the desire to rush to her aid to care for her and to be so exhausted with so much joy and gratitude. It’s been very tiring for the body and it’s been very strenuous on the mind but it’s been so easy to love and care for Mo and my wife Megan.

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25/10/2021

01:08:17 is when our performance starts! Check it out if you missed it!

Tuesday Night Opry - October 19, 2021 - Opry Goes Pink featuring Maddie & Tae, Jeannie Seely, Del McCoury Band, Victoria Shaw, Dillion Carmichael, Connie Smith, Dusty Slay, and Lauren Alaina! Connect

19/10/2021

I'll be playing the Grand Ole Opry again tonight with Dillon Carmichael at around 8:00 PM CDT! Check out the site to listen to the performance live!

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29/09/2021

I never knew life could mean so much. I never knew that my heart could grow to hold this much love. I never could’ve known how much my old ways needed to go in order to be born into something new... something better...

Today is 2 years since I proposed to Megan and decided that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. Today we’re Married in our beautiful home making space here and in our hearts for this piece of me and this piece of her that is growing, moving, and making us wonder everyday.

We talk about her all the time. Who will she look like? Who will she be like? Will she choose to walk with God voluntarily on her own? Will she be healthy? Will she be funny? All these things are unanswered and we love her everyday despite the unknown.

I am so excited and also so terrified. I remember the real feeling of almost passing out when Megan started walking down the isle at our wedding. It feels very similar to this. It feels like my body knows how different my life will be. It’s easy to want to resist change because it’s the unknown but walking with Megan through life has always led to greater joy and love despite the uncertainties. Our child is full term today, I’m praying for a safe delivery, and a lifetime of looking at 2 faces that bare my beautiful wife’s image ♥️.

04/09/2021

Thanks so much for the awesome post A.C. Jones High School Alumni

15/07/2021

Check it out!!!

https://youtu.be/hfkA3dtpsh4

The official live video for Dillon Carmichael's Hot Beer. Stream the song here:https://orcd.co/hotbeerepHang With Dillon on Socials:https://fanlink.to/dillon...

14/07/2021

Can’t wait for y’all to see this awesome show!

28/06/2021

Happy Birthday to my incredible wife ! Words don’t do justice to how much I Love this woman and how devoted I am to her. I was on this Earth for 31 years before we found each other randomly and I didn’t know how meaningful life could really be until these past few years.

God has truly given me the best companion that I couldn’t even dream big enough to dream up. My wife and I dream together, we live life together, and we honor and cherish our differences and what we both bring to our Marriage. We truly compliment each other by utilizing both of our strengths and limitations to make us a more capable and stronger pair.

I’ve never met someone with the seemingly limitless capacity to love me, inspire me, see the best in me, and understand me. Life was lonely and limited before I met Megan because I’ve never felt truly understood and therefor really known. The truth always matters in our family and sometimes the truth is a sharp and necessary blade that trims away parts of us that must change in order to thrive and grow. My wife and I challenge each other with love and commitment to our Marriage and in this challenging we grow together and are therefore capable of loving greater.

Saying that she “changed my life” is not true. She didn’t change my life, she did something greater than that. She has walked with me through the terrifying process of growing and let me change my own life. She sees things in me that are greater than I could imagine and she’s been walking through the scary process of necessary and beautiful change at my side and not in front of me. She has helped me find the strength to take risks when I’m scared. We’ve done this together freely and without coercion. She was and is the loving, caring, nurturing, inspiring, and safe place for me to grow myself and I’ve done everything in my power to be that for her.

I’m so excited about our beautiful future and the family we are starting. It’s been an incredible journey so far and watching my beautiful wife grow our child has been one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had.

Happy Birthday my Beautiful Wife! I Love You!

21/05/2021

Live Stream for Paste Magazine with Dillon Carmichael at 12:00 PM CDT.

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14/05/2021

Dillons new EP "Hot Beer" just got released today! To celebrate here is a video of me playing one of the smash tracks on this record "Big Truck"! DOWNLOAD THE RECORD TODAY!

https://youtu.be/NsLdDV_s86w

Eric Flores performs Big Truck by Dillon Carmichael on Drums.Eric Flores plays drums live for Dillon Carmichael.

10/04/2021

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This country traditionalist brings personality and humor to his newest single.

21/12/2020

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18/12/2020

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18/12/2020

I decided to collaborate with my great friend and incredible guitar player / teacher Gaurav on putting this video together! Check it out! All In Music
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Eric Flores from Flomentum Music and Gaurav Bali from All In Music Lessons working together on a project together!

14/12/2020

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20/11/2020

What a day to wake up to! Four amazing things going on at once! Today I’ve been to my beautiful wife for 5 MONTHS, just released his new single which is a smash, released his new single ( ) that I played drums on (which is also a smash), and I get to play the first live show I’ve done since March 5th! What a day! Gotta run :)