Our family often teases Steve and our grandson Knox about how much alike they are. When we walk or hike, they are always the two far behind the rest. In a family conversation, they are the ones not listening. “Really? We’re leaving now? Where are we going?” is typical. When we get ready to leave … [Read more…]
Of course Christmas was as wonderful as I expected. And it started early in December when we went to a Christmas production starring our two oldest grandchildren, Kinley and Knox. The night before Christmas, the three oldest grandchildren led our annual reading of the Luke 2 story of Jesus’ birth. Even Finn, the first grader, took … [Read more…]
When I taught elementary school, we often had some people come in to talk to the children about the difference in secrets and surprises. Their explanation was that surprises have happy endings and secrets are to be kept forever and can hurt people. They cautioned the children that if an adult suggested keeping something a … [Read more…]
“Last-Minute Gifts for $5” caught my eye in the Big Lots ads in yesterday’s paper. I thought of recent gifts of fives I’ve given and others I might give. When we were in the Smokies in October, we stopped for a late lunch at Buddy’s Bar-b-q, our preferred barbecue in that area. Before all nine … [Read more…]
“What? Another language! I have enough trouble with English. You know that!” Charlie looked at us belligerently as we introduced Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages to our “Building Strong Marriages” class. Even though the idea of love languages fascinates me, I knew we had to sell the idea to Charlie. It seemed that this … [Read more…]
