What do you see in this picture? A stick and a few toys? Look closer…do you see it? Believe it or not this is a magnificent story of robots, daredevil planes, fighting ninjas, and a daring rescue. But, it was laid to rest for a moment while my boys took their bath. I took a…
This is just one section of the many leaves my sons and I raked up this past Sunday. There were more beyond the fence in the driveway, in the front yard …basically EVERYWHERE! I took a picture because this is what I encountered the DAY AFTER I had just gathered the same amount of leaves!…
I went to a funeral this past Friday of someone very special to me. He was like a father to me, and he was just a great guy! As I stared at his body–like I have stared at the frame of many others I’ve buried–I couldn’t help but have a flood of memories. There lay…
courage – M.E. corage, fr. OF cuer (heart), Latin cor -more at heart “mental or moral strength to resist opposition, danger, or hardship…implies firmness of mind and will in the face of danger or extreme difficulty.” –Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary The summer of my junior year in high school I determined that I would…
i wanted to write this down so i wouldn’t forget it… sunday, BEFORE i heard the great sermon i mentioned in my previous blog, lou and i dropped jacob off in children’s church. i had such anxiety about how he would be because he was sleepy, and when i left him for the first time…