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This week, I will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of becoming a granddaddy for the first time. Of course of even more significance, this means that our first grandchild, our … Continue Reading On Becoming a Granddaddy – One Year Anniversary
This past weekend, I got a chance to do something on the 4th of July I had never done before—spend it on a farm. Often times on the 4th, I … Continue Reading The Fourth on the Farm
A number of years ago, the company I was working for recognized extra efforts by employees through the awarding of recognition points. One year, after completing a particularly challenging project, … Continue Reading Wooden Door Mats
Last year, one of the books I read was The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel, a true story that I probably never would have heard about were it not … Continue Reading Beyond the Monument’s Men
As I reflect back over my dad’s 40 years of active service as a Presbyterian minister, it is incredible to me to think that he wrote and delivered over 2,000 … Continue Reading Dad’s Sermons
At least a year ago, maybe longer, my sister gave me our dad’s Bible that she had had since he died over a dozen years ago. And for most of … Continue Reading Dad’s Bible
I guess over their lifetime, most everyone goes through a number of phases of liking different styles of music. And I am probably no different than many of you. Over … Continue Reading A Lifetime of Music
It is hard for me to stop thinking about our recent trip to Amsterdam since we had such a wonderful time. And it was also special because it was a … Continue Reading Amsterdam, Amsterdam
This may seem like an odd title for a post recapping our recent SIBSAB in Amsterdam but there is a reason for it. And it is not the dysfunction that … Continue Reading SIBSAB 2015 – “Seriously Disordered??”
If all goes according to plan, by the time you read this, we will have just completed our annual sibling sabbatical—SIBSAB—in Amsterdam! I have previously written on these get-aways that … Continue Reading SIBSAB IX – Amsterdam!
It is really thanks to my teaching a professional development course that I have been able to take so many international trips. When I look back over the journeys aboard … Continue Reading International Travel
Since my fondest memories growing up were from our summer family vacations, I wanted to make sure our own kids had happy vacation memories as well. And obviously, Montreat was … Continue Reading Family Vacations
Based on this vacation photo of me from when I was two, I guess you could say I have been going to Montreat for well over 55 years. And this … Continue Reading Montreat – An Extra Special Place!
Growing up, family vacations were a very special time for my three siblings and me. With our father being a minister and the additional weeknight and weekend activities that came … Continue Reading Vacations
It was last fall while I was watching college football that I planned to “multi-task” and clean out this closet. Beyond just the fact that this closet had gotten completely … Continue Reading Hidden Treasures!
Do you ever think about how different your life would have been if one single event had not occurred? Or of the reverse, that had one event occurred, how different … Continue Reading How We Met
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