It’s often in the ordinary moments of our ordinary lives that we make the most extraordinary impact on others. We should remember that on September 11, for among the many lessons we learned from that tragedy, perhaps the most lasting take-away for us it to live fully each moment we have, for life is lived moment by …
Ever since I first heard it, I’ve identified with that story about the businessman barreling through the countryside in his Lincoln Town Car. The guy is hopelessly lost, finally admits it to himself, and stops in a little one- horse-town he happens upon, pulling into a service station in the days when service stations were …
Sometimes kids say things we adults don’t quite understand, words that have a different meaning than we at first thought we comprehended. Such was the case when Eli, our almost seven-year-old grandson, accompanied Lori and me as we signed some financial documents. Eli saw the pictures of the financial manager’s children in his office and …
“When did we become like this?” my friend was referring to the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas. We had been reminiscing about college days, “way back when.” We couldn’t help but compare that era to where we are today, and recent events prompted the question. We don’t need to rehearse the …
“This is where cruise control is necessary,” David commented as we rolled along US-82 East, from Lubbock, TX to Wichita Falls, TX. He said it again after we had turned north on I-44, zippingthrough the prairies of Oklahoma. By that time, we were zoned out, hypnotized by the straight road lines. Cruise control is nice, I do admit. In enables you to ease back and relax more as you …