A friend of mine at church is involved in a wonderful initiative in Iraq. Here’s an article about it from The Washington Post. (Link to original article with pictures here.) With Mom’s Help, Soldier Takes Hands-On Approach to ConflictBy Steve VogelThursday, August 2, 2007; Page T11 The reaction was immediate when Army 1st Sgt. Bruce L. Reges…
Enough frivolities…here is the promised conclusion to: The Ones Who Walk Away From Washington. At the end of part one, you may recall, I decided to withdraw from politics, to no longer throw my weight with one side, argue the issues, etc. Once I did this, a funny thing happened… Some (or all) of you may…
Yakko’s Universe Song
Mommy: “Please do not look, I’m [something requiring privacy].” Juss: “But I’m just ‘checking you out’, like Brock!” Mommy: “You cannot ‘check out like Brock’ your mother. Brock checks out girls, not his mother.” Juss: “But, you’re a girl.” Mommy: “True, but you ‘check out’ girls you want to marry. You can’t marry your mother.”…
Again, not anything of literary note. Follow the link if you want to join in on the prayer. This month I feel we should pray about: the sacredness of families Families can be troublesome. Not all of us get along with everyone in ours, but they are also the center and heart of our society…even if…
So, we’re at church last night, and the kids are upstairs with Grandma in Child Care where Orville is practicing his magic tricks for his up and coming birthday party. Meanwhile, Juss is trying to get me to pay attention to him instead of watching Orville and he’s doing this with Kiss Attack. (Sometimes, it’s…
A friend just wrote me: When I was younger, I went to one church back here in this town, and they preached against a woman wearing hose, said it was worldly. Well, I took off my hose, went to a church down the street, and they preached me into hell for showing my legs! Some…
Grandma and Juss were walking down the stairs carrying a box containing the board game that we refer to as Dino Tracks. Juss: “One is a game but two is a race.” (This means one player can move around the board, but to have a winner, you need two.) Grandma: “Is that…
We had a lovely vacation – our first in five years. We went north to visit family and friends and had just a wonderful time. The weather was actually cold while we were up there (cold as in we had to wear long sleeves, pants, and socks) which added to the comfort and charm of…
Again, only of interest to those interested in praying. Of no literary merit on its own. This month let’s pray about: Global Climate Changes. It has become our tradition to pray about the weather during Hurricane Season, and I would like to continue this. However, there also seems to be a growing sense of the weather…