No do-overs

Would you ever like a do-over? You know, like when you were a Junior high kid playing a game of “pig” with your buddies in the driveway and you missed a shot because something (or more like someone–one of your round ball adversaries) distracted you from making your best shot... Read More

The Last Goodbye

I just got an email from a dear friend who shared with me that a mutual friend of ours just said goodbye to his wife and sent her home. He wasn’t putting her on a train or plane. He wasn’t sending her home to the place where she grew up. Nor was he sending her off to visit... Read More

Cookies and more

Christmas is a time for children. It’s a time for all of us as adults to revisit the excitement of the season through the eyes of a child. Remember? The sights! The sounds! And the cookies! Oh, the COOKIES!!!



My mom and my grandma’s kitchens were bursting with... Read More

Christmas “Magic”

My neighbor across the street stopped by the other day to ask how my nephew with Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy was doing. Last week my nephew faced a life threatening situation because the muscles in his throat that allow him to swallow food stopped working. I told my neighbor that he pulled... Read More

A child is born . . . and one is taken

“For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given;

and the government shall be upon his shoulder,

and his name shall be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

These words from Isaiah 9:6... Read More

Charlie Brown

It’s tradition for us to watch Charlie Brown on television at Christmas time.  We own the DVD, but there is something more fun about catching it on TV instead.

Oh, Charlie, I can so relate to your frustration with the commercialism that we’ve attached to Christmas. Finding the... Read More

It’s the most wonderful time of the year . . . really?

It was Christmas 1963 when It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year first hit the airwaves. Andy Williams was the first artist to record this soon to become a favorite melody written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle. The lyrics celebrate the good times, fun, laughter, and festive atmosphere... Read More

won’t and will

In the last week our family has been facing the inevitable. My 21 year old nephew is nearing the end of his life-long battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

MD is a genetic disease people are born with that prevents the body from making proteins needed for healthy muscle development.... Read More