BIRDS SINGING AND LIGHTNING AND THUNDER I stepped outside for a run a few moments ago. I was planning to go for a run. I heard two sounds. The first was the sound of the birds singing in the trees greeting the morning. The second was thunder. The two are elements of life aren’t they.
LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE The only way our sons or our grandchildren have learned to ride a bicycle is to get on it and ride. It may be a big scary at first, wobbly, out of control, usure what to do, and a few falls. Kind of like learning how to walk earlier in
MARCH ALREADY Can you believe it? Two months in this new year are already in the can. It is March 1st already. Wow! I imagine many of us are really glad winter is just about over. Here in our area, this means the start of Bike Week. I can hear the motorcycles running up and
AN AFTERNOON NAP There is something about an afternoon nap. My dad used to walk home from Stetson for lunch most days and would often take a 10-minute power nap in a big chair on the sun porch. He said it recharged his batteries. Both Barabara and I follow his good example, without the walk
INSPECTION DAY Inspection Day was announced for our barracks at Fort Bragg. Anything and everything could be inspected – beds made so tight a quarter could bounce off, clothes hung and folded and neatly arranged in the drawers, boots spit-shined, floors mopped and polished, windows cleaned, toilets and showers and sinks spotless, … We rose
AN EARLY MORNING REFLECTION I am sitting in the shade of a pillar on our front porch facing East this early morning. Listening to the birds greet the morning. Noticing azaleas blooming across the street. Enjoying a squirrel scampering in a tree nearby. What are you noticing where you are?
TRY AGAIN It took two tries. I sure hope I don’t misinterpret this story. Mark tells it in Chapter 8, beginning at verse 22 Some people bring a blind man to Jesus. Jesus heals him, sort of, with a first touch. But, the man doesn’t see clearly yet, only fuzzily, still blurry sight. So, Jesus
THIS IS CRAZY Go out tonight and look up. At least here in Florida, the skies will be clear. You’ll be able to see a full moon. There is something magic about a full moon isn’t there? Some say full moons make people crazy. Is it the change in the magnetic pull of the sun
BIRTHDAY PRESENT It was my tenth birthday. Dad said he had a surprise for me. He said, put this blindfold on, we’ll go out in the back yard, and I will show you. I was sure it was a puppy. He took me out the back door, down the steps and into yard, leading me