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The last several weeks have been challenging, to say the least, for our family and for our oldest daughter, Kristin, in particular. It's been more than 3 weeks since she had the father of all headaches - an event that…

Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…

Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…

I was staying at my favorite local hotel in Evansville Monday evening, in anticipation of a full day of work on Tuesday. I was pretty tired and decided to turn in early. After all, I start at 7 am with…

So, let's see. First we had Thanksgiving - then we had Black Friday. By the way, for those of you who don't know the meaning of "black Friday", it's the day of the year that many retailers go from losing…