Posts under ‘Understanding’

I was driving yesterday. I drove from Rhode Island to Ohio. That’s 13 hours by car. In case you don’t know, it’s about 800 miles. And Wednesday, after spending some time with my daughter, son-in-law and two grand kids (third from their family on the way), I will drive another 800 [...]

I just watched a cute, funny and good movie. Now, I am not a professional critic, so if you hated this movie, I’m sorry. You go ahead. I liked it and I liked it because it went against the Hollywood normalcy of sex, violence, criticizing the Christian faith, and anti-family themes. [...]

I am sitting in the downstairs office, working on the laptop. I can hear the girls working on their school. One of the new bunnies is hopping around my feet. I am thinking of a conversation Jim and I had.
Jim made an interesting comment the other day. We were driving home [...]

I felt really bad for Jim. Over the last two weeks, he has had so little sleep. He was really struggling to function. Last night, he broke down, took something to help him sleep and went and crashed for almost 11 hours. He’s still upstairs sleeping.
When people list those things which [...]

I read in our Stars and Stripes today about a Florida player that was recruited merely to bring up the grade point average of the team because he is so smart, he finished his Business degree in 2 and a half semesters. Oh and by the way, he’s now their starting Quarterback.
Ok, so I’m [...]

I had the most joyous thought. I mean, I am grinning from ear to ear. I woke up this morning and as my daughter cuddled with me, I was encouraging her to wake up and get going. She said to me, “but you’re leaving in a few days and you’ll be gone [...]