Devotional

We have a patio deck on the back of our home. We like to sit out there and watch the swans, geese and ducks swim in the lake behind our home. It's not a big lake - 15 acres or…

Today is National Dog Day. I actually found out about this day last year on August 26th, but apparently forgot about it until it showed up on my calendar earlier this week. In case you don't know or have forgotten,…

I recently met a man who is a doctor and we started to engage in a very interesting conversation. During the course of our discussion, he said that I seemed like a "why" person. I was a little perplexed and…

Thankfully, I have overcome several personal obstacles in my life. Admittedly, it hasn't been easy at times - I have been successful more times than not, but there is always room for improvement. So, I'm going back to being disciplined…

I'm pretty good about remembering birthdays and sending greetings on FaceBook and other social media platforms. But I confess that today was a busy day - I know more people with birthdays on today's date, August 8th, than any other…

Earlier this week, Tuesday, August 2nd, was my father-in-law's 100th birthday. Unfortunately, he wasn't still here on earth to celebrate it - he passed away eight years ago this summer - in 2013. It seems like yesterday that we were…

It's coming up on that in-between time of summer. July is almost behind us and everybody seems anxious to get on with Fall. I'm not quite there yet. We still have the entire month of August in front of us…

The last several weeks, in particular, have been filled with family members who have had to make decisions about how they are going to deal with certain life circumstances. As our children and grandchildren get older, and more resolute in…

On July 11th, Sir Richard Branson, a billionaire owner of multiple businesses, took part in the first fully crewed manned flight of his Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two. In fact, Sir Richard was astronaut number one on the flight and he,…

As you may recall, I wrote last week that our youngest child, Andrew, turned 40 on July 13th. I remember when I turned 40, 28 years ago, and the party that Janet threw for me to mark the occasion. Friends…