Tag Archives: relationships
Not Perfect … Forgiven
I was talking with a friend the other day and she said, from my blogs, I must have had the perfect marriage. Whoa! A perfect marriage? No, definitely not perfect, although given our naivete and youth, our divergent backgrounds and … Continue reading
Best Thing That Ever Happened
Well, here’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me story. I first heard the song on our local radio station in Sussex County, NJ, way back in the mid 70s. I don’t know why the Rainy Day Singers version … Continue reading
Connecting the Dots
It’s funny how independent events in life seem to intersect. Let me give you an example. I stopped at one of the local downtown shops early last week when a sign that has been in the window for years suddenly … Continue reading
Book of Life
In the wake of the Mayan miscalculation, I was attracted to a sign in front of a Mennonite homestead yesterday. It read, “What’s written in your book of life?” Where I live, we have a number of Mennonite and Amish … Continue reading
Traditions
Traditions are a wonderful thing. They are a glue that binds families together. Doing the same thing every year has a certain appeal of continuity. A fellow blogger, writing at Field Notes from Fatherhood — http://fieldnotesfromfatherhood.com/2012/12/15/of-the-ties-that-bind-families-one-is-second-only-to-love-tradition/ — summed it well. … Continue reading
Wheeze, Rattle
Well, I’m back from the doctor’s and I told you I wasn’t really sick. Okay, maybe just a little. They went though the vitals. Weight, well, we won’t go there, but in my defense, I had my shoes on and … Continue reading
The Light 