How do you start your day? News on the TV? The Newspaper? Quiet? A devotional? Reading? Music? How you start your day can determine the remainder of your day. I often wake up with a song in my head. What’s your song? Life is one grand sweet song, so start the music… Ronald Reagan...
How courageous are you? Do you try new things? Are you afraid to start a new job or school? Do you meet new friends easily? Fear is the number one reason people give up. Everyone requires and needs courage. Over your lifetime, you will have numerous ‘lions’ to slay – fear, despair, entitlement, or worry. You are...
We are days into 2023 and I can already tell that this year is going to be an amazing year. How do I know that? It’s in the mindset. I believe that 2023 will be a fantastic year, so it will be. It will not only be fantastic and amazing, it will also be...
We are just days away from the most fabulous time of year… Christmas. A season, a day, an event…. All wrapped up with love, hope, and joy. Christmas is a time for many things – celebrating with family, celebrating the birth of Jesus, being thankful for your blessings, and giving back to...
As 2022 is nearing its completion, I began to think about the significance of the number 22. Does it have any significance? Any meaning? Any value? After reading up on the number 22 and thinking about another special ‘22’ in my life, I know exactly why the number 22 is special. Train children...
Christmas is fast approaching. We are already in December and with a blink of an eye.. Christmas Eve will be at our doorstep. Leading up to Christmas, my family and I always watch Love Actually. Have you watched it? You must! This iconic movie is not only a fantastic British Christmas feature, but the...
Do you ever walk through cemeteries? If you do, do you read the gravestones? The names? The dates? How long they lived? I do. For some reason, I find it peaceful walking through reading about each person’s history. While examining each stone, it always has me wondering about the dash. You know…. 1926-2010. That dash separating the dates. What...
Do you like routines? Schedules? Knowing when things are going to happen? I do. I am more at peace when I know what my day entails rather than being completely spontaneous or those spur of the moment – fly off the seat of your pants – type of plans. However, I do have to...
Remembrance Day is a couple days away. This day always gets me thinking about those who sacrificed their lives for our country. Those who were away from their families in order to support their loved ones back home. Those who fought hard, struggled, and saw unimaginable sights throughout their service. Even those who...
Have you ever travelled somewhere and then you get completely absorbed in the culture? The atmosphere? The way the locals talk? I do. As you saw from a previous week’s blog, we recently travelled to Northern Ireland (the UK) and even though this is only our second time to Ireland, both times,...
Laughter and Luggage:
Life is full of moments. People to laugh with, stories to laugh about, and experiencing adventures full of joy and laughter.