The "comfort stations" at the rest areas on Highway 77 in South Carolina are fully automatic. "No touch", as it is said. You can breeze in, take care of your business, and breeze out, without touching anything at all. Beautiful!The only problem was, I couldn't make...
It's not easy to be a parent in this day and age.Nor is it easy to be a school teacher or even a police officer!Simple requests, like "Would you please be still?" Are often ignored, or worse yet, they become triggers for even less desirable behavior.This causes many...
I have three kids in college this year. The oldest two are boys. Boys tell you nothing. But all three go to the same college, so sending in a girl this year was really like sending a spy into the land. I told Kaley, "You'll be my eyes and ears at college." Of course,...
The day was calm and sunny. All the animals of the barnyard were out of bed, eating their breakfast, and chatting to one another. Ah... life was good in the barnyard! Every day the Farmer brought them their food, and tended to their needs. They had a wonderful barn to...
2 Cor 11:30 "If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness."May of 1997 is the year my vision changed completely.My vision has never been good. I was born with strong astigmatism and I was labeled legally blind when I was 25. I was even dismissed...
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." (Isa 41:10 NIV)It all started out as an ordinary winter day. As usual, I hadn't left myself enough time to...
"We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this...