Daily life and family
“We had realized the American Dream and were living a very expensive lifestyle, where it is difficult to turn off the spigot.”
- Kenneth Lay (1942-2006)
The spigot was shut off on July 5. Life, no matter how full of accomplishments or adorned with beauty, is ultimately futile and disappointing unless it is God-focused. The tragic death [...]
You ever think about songs you used to sing that are seldom sung anymore? “Make Me a Blessing” used to be really popular in the Sunday School I attended every weekend. I never much cared for it; the music was too bland, the lyric too cliched, the song was just too too uninteresting for my [...]
Scene: chairs around a kitchen counter and two place settings.
Characters: Dick, Jane, a bowl of fried potatoes, and other comestibles playing bit roles.
Dick (with a puzzled look): “Baby, what did you put in these potatoes?”
Jane (eyes narrowed): “Why?” Pause. “Is. There. A. Problem?”
Dick (with a deep sigh); “Can you, for once in your life, just [...]
My husband and I just spent the day baby-sitting three of our grandchildren: one-year-old twin boys and their two-year-old sister. They’re great kids–adorable, funny, energetic, mischievous, and blessed with the ultimate in good fortune; having been born into a large family that surrounds them with unconditional love from the most Significant Persons in their lives. [...]
