Stumbling

Stumbling

Camping in a tent is fun. It’s kind of primitive. It’s neat to be surrounded by the woods instead of four walls for a change. You usually have a fire to roast marshmallows or even keep you warm. Camping is all about your personal survival. You don’t have the...
Powerful Peace

Powerful Peace

Life gets so chaotic sometimes. There’s so much going on around us. It seems like our brains are bombarded with stimulation coming at us from every angle. It’s happening all the time! Get the lists made. Go to the bank. Go to the grocery store. Pick the kids up. Fold...
Rearranging

Rearranging

When I was a child, my mother loved to rearrange the furniture in our house. She’d see something in a magazine and decide we needed a fresh look. We actually went through several “living room sets” in my twenty year stint at home. Even if she wasn’t buying new stuff,...
Lessons in the Seasons

Lessons in the Seasons

Talk about tradition! Turkey is always on the menu for Thanksgiving. We would never think of making tacos. Turkey is a tradition and whether you even like it, it will be at the center of a Thanksgiving meal. There’s always fireworks on July 4th. We, as Americans, just...
Fading

Fading

When you think of something fading, it typically implies something growing old or wearing out. For instance, my hair color is fading. I need to get it touched up. The new car smell is fading in my SUV. It’s getting some miles on it. The paint is fading on the house....
Scars

Scars

It never fails. When you see someone with a crazy scar on their body, the first thing you ask is “What happened there?” It just gets your curiosity up. You know there’s a story to be told. Sometimes it was a bad cut from a kitchen accident. Sometimes a car accident,...