November 21, 2021 A Long Climb to Gratitude Here is a personal story and a message for this Thanksgiving season: When I was fifteen years old, I was on top of the…
July 11, 2021 Hoping for Rain It’s Saturday night and I can hear the rain pouring outside and see the lightning flashing. I’m glad. It started out as a nasty…
June 1, 2021 We Love Our Son Today has been an interesting day. Some of you might have noticed that our son Ryan announced today on social media that he is…
March 15, 2020 Chuckling Through the Pandemic What a crazy couple of weeks we’ve had. Lots of scary words being used: Pandemic, mortality rate, infectious disease, contagion, etc. It is truly…
December 29, 2019 What does 2020 hold? I have no idea. Due to some sickness in the family this past week, (flu) it has been a remarkably quiet Christmas. It has lent itself to peaceful…
February 4, 2018 Puzzled I caved. I finally went to IKEA with my EC. Yes, it is huge. Yes, there were a ton of people there. No, I…
