Tag Archives: Inspiration
The last two mornings, I’ve gotten out of bed, poured a cup of coffee and headed for the back yard. Didn’t look through my email. Didn’t check out Sports Center. I DID do my morning stretches, but that’s it. I headed to my little weekend oasis. I don’t have a big sprawling lot with all kinds…
One of these days, I’m going to write more. One of these days, I’m going to tell my story more. One of these days, I’m going to make time for this. One of these days, I’m going to remember before I lay in bed. One of these days…. One of these days… One of these…
My mom is one of the best cook’s that I know. To this day, she makes mostly everything without a recipe. This goes for everything from casseroles, to cookies, to carrot cakes to pies. When I was a kid, my mom always made chocolate cake with brown sugar frosting. Without fail I would HAVE to…
Let me know what you think of my new logo. A new friend of mine created it for me. Many people have asked me, “how do you do it?” “how do you remain so positive and upbeat?”. I’ve struggled with this answer for years. You see, I want to give an answer that gives someone…
My youngest son, Colin, competed in the Middle School Track & Field State Championship this weekend. He ran in the first race of the day during a sun-soaked event in Central Ohio. He was the third-leg of his school’s 4x800m track team. They ran very well and came in second overall. Colin’s second event came…
To my daughter, Jessica. It was ten years ago today that she had balloon-angioplasty at the tender age of six. She came into this world with three heart defects which required surgery. This surgery was required to let her scar tissue grow like she did. We should have known how much she would change our…
Perspective matters. When you live in a two-dimensional-world, perspective matters even more. Perspective helps me tell how far I am from other cars, where a hand is that I’m about to shake, when I’m close enough to the drive-up ATM. it even helps me determine the lengths that I need to go to in order…
There is the Fool’s Way, there is the way of the disillusioned ‘Sensible Man’ and then there is the Christian way of handling those things in life that lose their novelty. Remember from Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, when he wrote. “There was something we grasped at, in that first moment of longing, which just fades away…
There is the Fool’s Way and then there is the way of the disillusioned ‘Sensible Man’ of handling those things in life that lose their novelty. Remember from Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, when he wrote. “There was something we grasped at, in that first moment of longing, which just fades away in the reality.” “Now there…
There is the Fool’s Way of handling those things in life that lose their novelty. Remember from Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis, when he wrote. “There was something we grasped at, in that first moment of longing, which just fades away in the reality.” “Now there are two wrong ways of dealing with this fact,…