This should have come first. I am thankful for God who sent his Son to save us from our sins. The daily reminders of His power, grace, love, and patience are evident all around me. Thank you Lord. Continue Reading...
Never Forget
I am re-blogging this piece in remembrance of 9/11/01. I have added only this paragraph and have deleted nothing. Just the same sentiments in remembrance. The crisp, clear, clean, cool morning this morning reminds me very much of that fateful morning 11 years ago. 11 years ago today, heroes weren't born, but rather emerged, as heroism was in so many who, through events beyond their control, were Continue Reading...
Photos from a hill in Sherman
These pictures were taken while I was out for a ride with Theodore and Jacqueline. We were in Sherman, Maine at the time and I just had to stop and take in the beauty around us. If my pictures and descriptions could capture the breezes felt and the perfect smells of summer, they would. I described this scene in a recent blog (Lazy Moose Vacation), but the pictures do a much better job of it. To Continue Reading...
Father’s Day
It's Father's Day today. One of my favorite days of the year really. I am fortunate to be a dad myself. Today isn't about me though, it's about my dad, and all the real dad's out there. It's not difficult to father a child, most any guy can do that. However, being a father, being a dad, that takes time, effort, patience, perseverance, and belief in something greater than yourself. For me, and for Continue Reading...
Freedom of the Truth
I know we talked, I remember our conversation. I was certain of our focus, our cerebral participation. The truths we discussed didn't vanish when the silence began. But rather they need to be with us, always at hand. So, day by day, it's our job to manage our mental inventory. Our own internal check and balance for each spoken story. The words we speak, the actions we take, are the story we Continue Reading...
Tribute to Tyler Walsh
I was in the car, driving alone, down my driveway when I received a text message from a long time friend of mine asking if I knew Tyler Walsh. I have coached baseball for many years and he knew that I did know Justin Walsh. As soon as I read that message I got the, all too familiar, chill I get when I learn of someone I know, even indirectly, who has passed away. I answered before I ever left the Continue Reading...
Questions
If you find yourself in despair, with more questions than you have answers for, and each second feels like a dreadful eternity, then the questions you are asking yourself are probably closer to the answer than you would care to believe. If you find no answers in the questions you plague yourself all night with, then pray. God knows. God is bigger than the enormity of the problems bogging you down Continue Reading...
It’s all about the kids
I am pretty sure that my views and thoughts that I am about to share are either warped or certainly not taken serious by many. We will see how many times I change the words that end up in this post, but I know the thoughts behind the words will be the same. At least for a little while. Or, maybe they'll stay the same for good. Maybe they have always been the same and it was just perspective I Continue Reading...
Thinking of our military this Christmas
Just about any time I think about our military personnel, past and present, when I really think of all they do, all they sacrifice, I cry. I am especially emotional on this subject at Christmas time. At no time of the year is there more of an urgency, a search for togetherness, to be with family than at Christmas time. I offer this Christmas tribute. This is not mine, I am just sharing this that I Continue Reading...
Everyday priorities
Recently, my youngest brother's father-in-law passed away. Or my sister-in-law's father passed away. Either way, it's been a major and sudden impact on their family. I don't want to know what the feeling of suddenly losing a parent is like. I have lost friends and loved ones in my life, and they are all different. Through offering help in any way possible, thinking on these recent events, and how Continue Reading...