I was in Dallas on Thursday and returned home Friday afternoon. As usual, it was a busy week and so I was looking forward to a little down time on the flight home. I purposely waited for other people to…
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Since 1997, April 10th of each year has become the day that the nation celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters. Facebook has been bombarded with pictures and images of families – many of them decades old. And to be…
For the past several years, our Bible study has been praying for the brother of one of our members. Finally, after two bouts with cancer and every conceivable treatment that the doctors could try, Frank Swarts passed away and went…
Like most families, the Toussaint clan has its idiosyncrasies. And like almost every family, we love hard, fight ferociously and can have deep divides among ourselves. Maybe this sort of thing comes as a surprise to you, as I am…
One of the things that we love to do around our house every so often is have what we call “Chicago Dog Night.” Janet and I, with Kristin and her family, always look forward to cooking hot dogs, Chicago style, and then…
When I was a young boy, I just loved to build models, invent things and work on anything that had to do with tools. Although I built several model cars, animals and planes, I really enjoyed working on ships and…
It’s February 19th and the day is almost over. Today marks 4 years since I wrote my first post for Transitions by The Book; and more noteworthy than that is the fact that today is my 62nd birthday. It’s been…
Janet and I have been talking lately about things that have really turned our heads – the kind of thing that we refer to as “the wow factor”. Generally, these really cause us to do a double-take. You know, a…
I couldn’t help but get back in the groove of writing this evening. That’s because something happened today that transported me back to my youth – back to our home at 10050 S. Claremont Ave. in Beverly Hills on the…