The following is n excerpt from my journal, dated Sunday, January 4, 2009. I am being consistently reminded these days of the need to simplify my life and my surroundings. Here is a little peek into my world … Yesterday I spent most of the day cleaning the bedroom. It […]
Ponderings
This month, our church is corporately encouraging its members to identify those things that have hindered our relationship and time with God and set them aside in pursuit of reconnecting with our First Love. Each individual is left to personally identify what that thing or what those things are and […]
Much has happened since my last post. Here’s the rundown … Tyler is doing better and was able to spend Christmas at home. He has since had the cast replaced with a walking cast, which enables him to get around the house a little more easily. He will still use […]
Tonight’s Music from the Heart: Josh Groban – I’ll Be Home For Christmas It’s Christmas Eve, and I’m at my brother’s house, awaiting the arrival of my nephew, Tyler, who has just been released from the hospital. He was admitted last week with a staph infection. The details aren’t important […]
What a week! I found myself several times wishing I had a few moments to sit down and gather my thoughts in such a way as to present them here, but it simply did not happen. Here’s the condensed version of my week: At the OfficeIn addition to diligently plowing […]
In the last few days since my last post, I have traded in the ace bandage for an ankle brace, which is providing much more stability. I am in hopes that this will speed up the healing process, as I am already getting a little stir crazy while I am […]
Tonight’s Music from the Heart: Kenny G – White Christmas It’s early December, and to celebrate the colder temperatures we are now experiencing, I played around a little with the camera this morning, donning woolly hat, gloves and scarf, all in an attempt to dress for the season.This evening I […]
It’s been ten days since my last post, and what a ten days it has been. Thanksgiving came and went, and we had a full table with friends from church who joined us for dinner. We ate too much, tried to justify it with a walk around the neighborhood, then […]
Tonight’s Music from the Heart: Rachael Lampa – Blessed With Thanksgiving being a week away, our thoughts are turned, naturally, to all the things that the holiday has come mean in our fast-paced modern culture; things like The Dinner (planning, shopping, cooking), travel, decorating, a few days off of work […]