My closest friend growing up was Bob Thompson. He and I went to Sutherland Elementary School on the south side of Chicago together. In fact, we were locker partners. We met in the fourth grade and were paired up together…
Read More
… is the price of their toys. Ever heard that line before – I have. Well, tonight, it fits. I really want to start out this evening with a correction – perhaps an admission would be a better term to…
It’s Christmas Eve – the night before we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Janet and I are just home from Kristin’s where we had our traditional Chinese carry-out and most of the family was there. Janet just set the TV…
I know much more about my Dad’s side of the family than I do about Mom’s family. After all, Mom was an only child, as was her mother, my grandmother. Grandpa had a brother and perhaps several other siblings, including…
If you have been living on the earth for any reasonable period of time, you probably know by now that December 21, 2012 is predicted to be the end of the world according to the ancient Mayan calendar. That means…
I had coffee with a pastor friend of mine this morning and we started talking about adversity. I happen to be currently involved in helping several folks who are struggling and the jury is out as to how they will…
I was going to write about a very special lady this evening, Janet’s grandmother Fran. Had she still been with us, we would have been celebrating today – and quite a celebration it would have been – because she was…
As you know from yesterday, our furnace motor went out early Saturday morning and we have been in the cold all week-end. The house was down to 62 degrees this morning and I must say that living with a fireplace…
Yesterday morning, we woke up and it was a little chilly in the house. I wondered if by chance we had turned the heat off but that wasn’t the case. Janet and I had breakfast but by the time we…