Every year we experience this no-man’s land in time between Christmas and the New Year. We have months of build up to the holidays with shopping, parties, lights, and family time, and in one glorious day the wrapping paper gets shredded, Christmas dinner gets devoured, and when it’s all over we look around and think….nowContinue reading “Now what?”
Category Archives: Hope
Living life backwards
Our kids were 13, 11, and 9. All 5 of us in a Honda Accord road-trippin to Disneyland. We all had a blast in the Southern California sunshine. Two days in Disney, playing at the beach, swimming at the hotel. It was all an epic trip and great memories. It also sucked. I remember onContinue reading “Living life backwards”
Have we forgotten?
Do you want to live in peace? Do you want to experience peace? I have mentioned this quote in a previous post Goodness is relative, but it’s worth repeating and consideration. Mother Teresa said this, “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other”. In this tumultuousContinue reading “Have we forgotten?”
Smoke and Mirrors
“Keep your eye on the ball.” I don’t know how many times I heard that as a kid, but for some reason I just couldn’t get a hit. I played baseball up until about 5th grade, but I was terrible. I could play in the field o.k., but once I stepped up to the plateContinue reading “Smoke and Mirrors”
Goodness is relative
“I’m good enough, I’m smart, and doggone it, people like me.” Maybe if you grew up watching SNL like I did, you recognize this daily affirmation from Stuart Smalley. That was back in the days of Dana Carvey’s “Massive Headwound Harry”, Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey, and Chris Farley living in a van down byContinue reading “Goodness is relative”