So it’s Thanksgiving morning. You stumble out of bed and head to the bathroom to pee. Push the handle and away it goes (where does it go, anyway?) Better head to the kitchen and get the coffee on. While it’s brewing maybe a hot shower – love that gas water heater, I mean, it HEATS …
So there I was, at a new restaurant, trying to decipher the menu. Too many choices, lots of options shouting for attention from the shiny, colorful menu. The server had rattled off the specials, and when she reappeared, I asked her to repeat them. She did a fine job of selling me on one of …
As a new believer, a young adult fresh to Biblical Christianity, I was pretty excited. My prospects had not been so bright in the years before, and now I found myself beginning a pilgrimage with some great friends, a supportive group, and a good attitude. The only thing missing was a special person to share …
It’s been over forty years since I began my pilgrimage, over four decades of following, shakily, in the footsteps of Jesus (because, in essence, that is what a Christian is: a follower of Christ). Having had the opportunity to be a part of a variety of expressions of that faith by joining, serving, visiting - …
I know Mother’s Day has always been a challenge for you. You didn’t have the best experience being mothered, although your mother loved you. Your childhood was hardly the stuff of Hallmark cards, but you did the best you could with what you had. You’re not my mother, but… when I first met you your …
Going to college was never on my radar. I had no goal, no direction, no reason to spend four or more years of my life sitting at a desk learning. High School would have to do, so off I went to work and life. And it has been a good life, sans that higher education. …
You probably remember that kid in school. He never seemed to have a pen or pencil, couldn’t find his homework, forgot his lunch money, was always asking what time it was. Oops – maybe you were that kid. I was not. At all. I remember getting my first wristwatch. My dad was in Korea, keeping …
So I’m sitting out in my music room enjoying the incredible sound emanating from the speakers. After years of refinement I have achieved a level of sound reproduction that few get a chance to hear – my system a sum total, a symbiosis, of the advanced components working together to bring me clarity, detail, depth …
I remember finding that shirt in one of those ubiquitous little beach shops that sold such things. I was on a trip with a friend as a young teen, had some spending cash, and snatched it up because it spoke to me. It became my favorite teenage t-shirt, which I wore until it finally fell …
re·sil·ien·cy | \ ri-ˈzil-yən(t)-sē – 1: the ability of something to return to its original size and shape after being compressed or deformed 2: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change Some people stretch before a workout. Many times we are forced to stretch our budget. A cat loves to …
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