Let’s be honest - none of us like to go through difficulties. Or to word it another way, we do not want to suffer. We will do whatever we must to avoid it. For instance, Danny has a bad cold tonight. So what are some of the things I have I said to him?...

We finally bit the bullet. Yes, window replacement & residing of our house began yesterday. It was a long, arduous process for us to get to this point but we are here. We knew it had to be done sooner or later. Amongst the elements doing damage, we have also had a...

                                 Obedience. It is something that I have been thinking about quite a bit lately. Obedience: “the willingness to carry out the orders of another” (Webster’s Dictionary); “dutiful or...

Breakthroughs. We all want them now & then. “Breakthrough” has been defined (dictionary.com) as: a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy’s front-line defense an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or...

Here we are - October 29, 2011. And we are having a Nor’Easter. What is amazing about this storm is that many of the trees still have leaves on them that have not even changed their color. It is still fall. The leaves are not even raked up yet as they have not...

We have a cat, Patches. She really was our first pet since we had the kids. Tim was in the fourth grade & his teacher was looking for a home for her. Patches. She had been brought to the vet’s office, where the teacher’s daughter worked, to be put to...