A friend told me his boss’ wife has a medical condition with little hope of recovery. She has tried to commit suicide. “She has lost hope”, the husband told my friend. What hope do any of us have, if you think about it. When we have healthy bodies, we work and we hope for more […]
I want my house to look like IKEA! The display for a 350 sqft studio apartment was amazing. There was not an inch of wasted space. We walked out of IKEA without buying a thing, but that 2-hour tour of IKEA inspired Amy and I to clean the house and organize our lives. I think […]
I was waiting for an important document to be emailed to me. I didn’t receive it. “Please send it again.” “I still didn’t get it.” I call tech support: Elliot. Elliot: “Did you check your spam folder?” And there it is! Do you check your spam folder? I don’t, but from now on I will! […]
Last Thursday marks a historical event. It is not only that Amy finished her last day of elementary school, but there will never be anyone in our family going to elementary school ever again! I’ve already written about my feelings of leaving Oswalt Elementary School. Now it is final. We went to visit all the […]
Walnut High School graduation commencement was held June 8, 2006. Even though Elliot already finished a year of college, he came back to walk with his class. I finished high school early as Elliot did, but I did not bother to go back for the commencement. I do not regret it because I didn’t have […]
We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed;we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. […]
Did you know today is Donut Day? My manager went to his usual donut shop to buy a dozen for the office, and they were completely sold out at 9am. He was told it was Donut Day. Some say it’s National Donut Day. The first Friday of June is this designated day of the donut. […]
I am planning a VeggieTales movie night at church to show the new VeggieTales movie “Sheerluck Holmes”. It is a lesson in friendship, so well explained with a parody of…Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of course. The movie will be shown on Friday July 7th. Let me know if you want to come!