"On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no more wine.'" (John 2:1-3 NIV)Jesus' first miracle was...
Through this series so far, we have looked at the child-like perspective on many areas in life -- from war to having fun with family and everything in between -- all through my memories of my youth. This is one significant part of life, however, that children are not...
You know, I don't really consider myself old. Not in the real sense of the word. In fact, I really only begin to feel old when I think about how different the world is as compared to how it was when I was a child.Take, for example, dietary traditions. It doesn't seem...
I was about 7-years-old when my papa took our family to Rome, and I have very fond memories of this trip.Perhaps the most mammoth memory comes from our visit to the mighty Colosseum. I thought it was pretty cool to be standing in a place where so many people fought...
It's amazing how the Colosseum of ancient Rome stood out in my 7-year-old mind. I truly didn't want to leave the place, but when my parents started to leave, I had no choice but to go. One thing my parents couldn't control, however, was my imagination; and it...
It is interesting how it can be difficult sometimes to remember what I ate for breakfast, while the memories of my trip to Italy with my parents when I was only 7 years old are so well ingrained in my mind!Take, for example, Castel Sant'Angelo -- Saint Angelo's...
No trip to Italy would be complete without visiting the famous Fiumi Fountain in Rome, and that is where my father took us.Of course, I didn't know anything about its history then, nor why it was so famous. Hey, I didn't even know that it was famous! All I knew was...